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Culture and the Making of Identity in Contemporary India
First Edition
Edited by:
- Kamala Ganesh - University of Mumbai, India
- Usha Thakkar - Institute of Research on Gandhian Thought and Rural Development
June 2018 | 276 pages | SAGE India
This collection of 17 original essays provides insights into the various ways in which the interrelated issues of culture, identity and Indianness are expressed in contemporary times. The contributions range from detailed and scholarly essays to critical reviews of literature and reflections on experience. The contributors, distinguished specialists writing for a general readership, outline and evaluate significant developments since Independence in their respective fields.
B G Deshmukh
Foreword
Kamala Ganesh
Introduction
Kapila Vatsyayan
From Interior Landscapes into Cyberspace
Ashok Ranade
From Sankara to Fusion
Tapati Guha-Thakurta
Lineages of the Modern in Indian Art
Meenakshi Mukherjee
Divided by a Common Language
Dilip Chitre
Translating Sensibility
U R Ananthamurthy
What does Translation Mean in India?
Anuradha Kapur
Interculturalism and the Question of Body
Vijaya Mehta
Interculturalism and Intraculturalism in Theatre
Vimla Bahuguna
Stri Shakti
Usha Thakkar
Vimla Bahuguna and the Legacy of Gandhian Politics
Vidyut Bhagwat
Heritage of Bhakti
Devaki Jain
Feminism and Feminist Expression
Uma Chakravarti
`Re' Inscribing the Past
Mariam Dossal
The Humanist Perspective and the Civilising Role of History
Claude Alvares
Indigenous Knowledges and the Hegemony of Science
Gita Chadha
Towards an Informed Science Criticism
Index
Truly interdisciplinary in nature...The articles are written by some very distinguished scholars and practitioners including poets and activists...All the articles provide a discourse on Indian culture, providing a link between knowledge, culture and identity. This book will be of immense interest to researchers working on Indian culture
International Sociology Review of Books