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Roy, Srirupa.

Beyond belief India and the politics of postcolonial nationalism / [electronic resource] Srirupa Roy. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2007. - xiii, 248 p. : ill. - Politics, history, and culture . - e-Duke books scholarly collection. Politics, history, and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-235) and index.

Introduction : Imagining institutions, instituting diversity : toward a theory of nation-state formation -- Moving pictures : the Films Division of India and the visual practices of the nation-state -- Marching in time : Republic Day parades and the ritual practices of the nation-state -- Indian darkness : science, development, and the needs discourse of the nation-state -- Cities of hope : steel townships and the spatial practices of the nation-state -- Conclusion : after midnight.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nationalism--History.--India
Nation-state.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Politics and government--1947-

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JQ231 / .R695 2007