The Frail Hero and Virile History

The Frail Hero and Virile History Gender and the Politics of Culture in Colonial Bengal - SOAS Studies on South Asia

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Publisher's Synopsis

Demonstrating the centrality of gender in the formation of a national identity, Indira Chowdhury opens up fresh ways to scrutinize the links between nationalism and Indian modernity by examining how indigenous cultural forms are constructed for a modern identity.

Book information

ISBN: 9780195655315
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 320.54095414
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 206g
Height: 215mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 12mm