Heterotopias: Nationalism and the Possibility of History in South Asia

by Manu Bhagavan

Laid out as a series of three inter-related conversations, Heterotopias investigates the diverse discourses of identity politics that relate the nationalist movement to current concerns and debates. Focusing upon the peripheries of modern India-states of Assam and Jammu and Kashmir--the first section explores local and regional nationalisms at play in marginalized spaces, highlighting their relationship with the homogenizing nationalism of the center...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198066929
• ISBN13: 9780198066927
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"