In The Name Of The Secular(Oip): Contemporary Cultural Activisim in India (Oxford India Paperbacks) - Softcover

Bharucha Rustom

 
9780195648898: In The Name Of The Secular(Oip): Contemporary Cultural Activisim in India (Oxford India Paperbacks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0195648897 ISBN 13: 9780195648898
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Internationallty renowned author and activist Rustom Bharucha analyses a wide range of cultural activities, from film to street theatre, painting and literature, which attempt to counter the threats of communalism and globalization. Drawing on the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist legacy of movements of the 1940s, he questions what it means to be secular in India today, within the larger framework of cultural activism and citizenship.

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Synopsis

Author and activist Rustom Bharucha analyzes a wide range of cultural activities, from film to street theatre, painting and literature, which attempt to counter the threats of communalism and globalization. Drawing on the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist legacy of movements of the 1940s, he questions what it means to be secular in India today, within the larger framework of cultural activism and citizenship.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195648897
ISBN 13 
9780195648898
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
212

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