Communal identity in India : (Record no. 71907)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780195663303
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Classification number 307 COM
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Personal name Chakrabarty, Bidyut ( ed.)
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Title Communal identity in India :
Remainder of title its construction and articulation in the twentieth century
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. OUP
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2003
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Extent 327 p.
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Price amount 545.00
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Summary, etc. Communal identity is a matter of serious debate and discussion in contemporary India. Not only is the definition of community controversial, the processes of its formation are equally debatable. Identity is negotiated within an often volatile mix of influences hinging on nation, region, religion, gender, language, and citizenship. This collection acquaints the reader with issues that are central to the discourse on the construction of identity and its manifestations in reality, presenting key extracts in an increasingly urgent historiographical debate.<br/><br/>The essays in this volume, the third in the Debates in Indian History and Society series, address the contested issue of community identities as they evolved historically in the course of the twentieth century in India. They explore both the circumstances and the forms in which identity, communal identity in particular, is recast in a transitional post colonial society like India. Employing a two pronged approach, they take into account theoretical inputs as well as historical circumstances that have moulded aspects of the debate. Ultimately, the volume reveals the folly in 'essentialist' definitions of identity, a view particularly pertinent to India today, while concluding that communal identity, though imagined and constructed, is nevertheless not intangible.<br/><br/>With a useful introductory survey and a comprehensive bibliography, this volume will be invaluable to scholars and students of contemporary Indian history, sociology, and politics, as well as informed general readers interested in the topical subject of identity politics in modern India.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Communities
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library   2020-02-04 545.00   307 COM 87817 2020-02-04 545.00 2020-02-04 Books

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