Srivastava, Sanjay (1998) Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School. Abingdon: Routledge.
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An interdisciplinary and engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence and unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Using the case study of the Doon School, a famous boarding school for boys, and one of the leading educational institutions in India, the author argues that to be post-colonial in India is to be modern, rational, secular and urban. In placing post-colonialism in this concrete social context, and analysing how it is constructed, the author renders a complex and often rather abstract subject accessible.
| Item Type: | Authored Books |
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| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Anthropology & Sociology Departments and Subunits |
| ISBN: | 9780415178556 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203980279 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2022 10:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/38111 |
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