Caste, Colonialism and Counter-Modernity - Notes on a Postcolonial Hermeneutics of Caste

Zusatztext '[A]n important attempt at theorizing caste in the context of the recent debated on colonial modernity.' - Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, December 2007 Informationen zum Autor Debjani Ganguly is Director, Research Development, at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University. She has published in the areas of postcolonial theory, caste and dalit studies, new literatures in English, and Indian literary criticism. Klappentext This book discusses the enigmatic persistence of caste in the lives of South Asians as they step into the twenty-first century. Zusammenfassung This book discusses the enigmatic persistence of caste in the lives of South Asians as they step into the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue 1. Modernity, Postcolonaiality and the New Humanities: Toward a non-holistic reading of caste Part 1: Caste and Theoretical Horizons 2. The Dark Rock of Indian Tradition: Caste and orientalism 3. The Anomalous Insider: Caste and nationalism 4. An Intractable Dualism: Caste and Marxism 5. On the Other Side of Revenge: Caste and post-orientalism Part 2: Caste, Life-World, Narrative and the Aesthetic 6. Dalit Mythographies: Ambedkar as modernity's Interlocutor 7. Buddha, Bhakti and Superstition: A post-secular reading of dalit conversion 8. Of Urban Dystopias and New Gods: Readings from Marathi dalit literature 9. Chandra, Velutha, Ammu, Death: The aporia of the aesthetic Epilogue

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• Authors: Debjani Ganguly, Ganguly Debjani
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2005
• EAN: 9780415342940
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34294-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General