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700721
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b522910
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Texts of power : : emerging disciplines in colonial Bengal /\ Partha Chatterjee, editor.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis, Minn. :: University of Minnesota Press,, c1995.
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xii, 220 p. :: maps ;; 24 cm.
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0816626863 (alk. paper)
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: 0816626871 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780816626861 (alk. paper)
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: 9780816626878 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Notes
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"Published in conjunction with the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-208) and index.
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| Contents
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The Disciplines in Colonial Bengal/ Partha Chatterjee -- Disciplining the Printed Text : Colonial and Nationalist Surveillance of Bengali Literature/ Tapti Roy -- Recovering the Nation's Art/Tapati Guha-Thakurta -- A Modern Science of Politics for the Colonized/ Partha Chatterjee -- Sons of the Nation : Child Rearing in the New Family/ Pradip Kumar Bose -- A City Away from Home : The Mapping of Calcutta/ Keya Dasgupta -- Territory and People : The Disciplining of Historical Memory/Ranabir Samaddar.
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| Abstract
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Bengal was the first "modern" province in India - the first, that is, to undergo a forced encounter with Western modernity. Beginning with this premise, the writers in Texts of Power consider what the case of Bengal says about the workings of Western modernity in a colonial setting. A truly interdisciplinary effort, this collection probes questions of pedagogy, nationalism, and gender. Among the subjects explored are colonialist and nationalist surveillance of Bengali literature; the disposition of the nation's art; the politics of child rearing; the mapping of Calcutta; and the disciplining of historical memory. By applying the theoretical insights of recent historical and cultural studies to the specific circumstances of Bengal, the authors develop a new approach to Indian intellectual and cultural history. Their work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary intellectual modernity.
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Bangladesh, Intellectual life.
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Bengal (India), Intellectual life.
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| Dewey Classification
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954/.1403
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| LC Classification
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DS485.B44T49 1995
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Chatterjee, Partha,1947-
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Centre for Studies in Social Sciences.
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| Parallel Title
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Emerging disciplines in colonial Bengal
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