The Frail Hero and Virile History: Gender and the Politics of Culture in Colonial Bengal

by Indira Chowdhury

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, examining how indigenous cultural forms are constructed for a modern political identity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195644298
• ISBN13: 9780195644296
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: School of Oriental & African Studies Universi
• Length: 193 Pages