Memory, Identity and the Colonial Encounter in India: Essays in Honour of Peter Robb - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367277883 ISBN 13: 9780367277888

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

This book sheds new light on the dynamics of the colonial encounter between Britain and India. It highlights how various analytical approaches to this encounter can be creatively mobilised to rethink entanglements of memory and identity emerging from British rule in the subcontinent. This volume reevaluates central, long-standing debates about the historical impact of the British Raj by deviating from hegemonic and top-down civilizational perspectives. It focuses on interactions, relations and underlying meanings of the colonial experience. The narratives of memory, identity and the legacy of the colonial encounter are woven together in a diverse range of essays on subjects such as colonial and nationalist memorials; British, Eurasian, Dalit and Adivasi identities; regional political configurations; and state initiatives and patterns of control.

By drawing on empirically rich, regional and chronological historical studies, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers of history, political science, colonial studies, cultural studies and South Asian studies.

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About the Author

Ezra Rashkow is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Montclair State University, USA.

Sanjukta Ghosh is Research Associate at the South Asia Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.

Upal Chakrabarti is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367277883
• ISBN 13: 9780367277888
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 364
• Editor: Rashkow Ezra