Reverence, Resistance and Politics of Seeing the Indian National Flag

Informationen zum Autor Sadan Jha is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Studies, Gujarat. His research interests are the history of visuality, the history of symbols and icons, such as the spinning wheel and Bharat Mata, the history of colours, and the contemporary urban experiences of Surat. Klappentext Studies the politics that make the tricolour flag possibly the most revered of the symbols and icons associated with nationalism in twentieth-century India. Zusammenfassung This book studies the politics that make the tricolour flag possibly the most revered of the symbols! icons and markers associated with nation and nationalism in twentieth-century India. It surveys the pre-colonial period! focuses on colonial lives of the flag! and explains the contemporary dynamics of seeing the flag in India. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Rise of the flag; 2. Flag on the hut: totem and a political symbol; 3. The Indian national flag as a site of daily plebiscite; 4. Shades of history: a case of saffron colour; 5. Visualizing an ideal political order; 6. A post colonial symbol; 7. Gendered symbol, communal politics; Epilogue: the flag as a sacred political symbol; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Sadan Jha, Jha Sadan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2016
• EAN: 9781107118874
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11887-4
• No. of pages: 291
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nationalism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, India, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Asia / South / General