Author: Vasudha Dalmia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521516250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
A wide-ranging and truly interdisciplinary guide to understanding the relationship between India's colonial past and globalized present.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture
Author: Vasudha Dalmia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521516250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
A wide-ranging and truly interdisciplinary guide to understanding the relationship between India's colonial past and globalized present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521516250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
A wide-ranging and truly interdisciplinary guide to understanding the relationship between India's colonial past and globalized present.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture
Author: Vasudha Dalmia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825461
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
India is changing at a rapid pace as it continues to move from its colonial past to its globalised future. This Companion offers a framework for understanding that change, and how modern cultural forms have emerged out of very different histories and traditions. The book provides accounts of literature, theatre, film, modern and popular art, music, television and food; it also explores in detail social divisions, customs, communications and daily life. In a series of engaging, erudite and occasionally moving essays the contributors, drawn from a variety of disciplines, examine not merely what constitutes modern Indian culture, but just how wide-ranging are the cultures that persist in the regions of India. This volume will help the reader understand the continuities and fissures within Indian culture and some of the conflicts arising from them. Throughout, what comes to the fore is the extraordinary richness and diversity of modern Indian culture.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825461
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
India is changing at a rapid pace as it continues to move from its colonial past to its globalised future. This Companion offers a framework for understanding that change, and how modern cultural forms have emerged out of very different histories and traditions. The book provides accounts of literature, theatre, film, modern and popular art, music, television and food; it also explores in detail social divisions, customs, communications and daily life. In a series of engaging, erudite and occasionally moving essays the contributors, drawn from a variety of disciplines, examine not merely what constitutes modern Indian culture, but just how wide-ranging are the cultures that persist in the regions of India. This volume will help the reader understand the continuities and fissures within Indian culture and some of the conflicts arising from them. Throughout, what comes to the fore is the extraordinary richness and diversity of modern Indian culture.
The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature
Author: Joy Porter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521822831
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
An informative and wide-ranging overview of Native American literature from the 1770s to present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521822831
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
An informative and wide-ranging overview of Native American literature from the 1770s to present day.
The Cambridge Companion to Cricket
Author: Anthony Bateman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521761298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Perfect for fans and scholars alike, this Companion explores cricket's origins, global reach, iconic personalities and enduring popularity.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521761298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Perfect for fans and scholars alike, this Companion explores cricket's origins, global reach, iconic personalities and enduring popularity.
The Mahanubhavs
Author: Antonio Rigopoulos
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843317583
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The ascetic, devotional sect known as the Mahanubhavs – ‘Those of the Great Experience’ – arose in 13th century Maharashtra. The Mahanubhavs initially experienced a fairly rapid expansion, particularly across the northern and eastern regions of Maharashtra. However, by the end of the 14th century their movement went underground as they sought a defensive isolation from the larger Hindu context, and they withdrew to remote areas and villages. Although the prominent leaders of the early Mahanubhavs were Brahmans (often converts from the prevailing advaita vaisnavism), their followers were and are mostly non-Brahmans, i.e. low caste people and even untouchables. Thus the Mahanubhavs were met with prejudice and distrust outside their own closed circles, and this isolation continued until the beginning of the 20th century. This volume offers an overview of the origins and main religious and doctrinal characteristics of the Mahanubhavs, with a particular focus on the aspects that reveal their difference and nonconformity.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843317583
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The ascetic, devotional sect known as the Mahanubhavs – ‘Those of the Great Experience’ – arose in 13th century Maharashtra. The Mahanubhavs initially experienced a fairly rapid expansion, particularly across the northern and eastern regions of Maharashtra. However, by the end of the 14th century their movement went underground as they sought a defensive isolation from the larger Hindu context, and they withdrew to remote areas and villages. Although the prominent leaders of the early Mahanubhavs were Brahmans (often converts from the prevailing advaita vaisnavism), their followers were and are mostly non-Brahmans, i.e. low caste people and even untouchables. Thus the Mahanubhavs were met with prejudice and distrust outside their own closed circles, and this isolation continued until the beginning of the 20th century. This volume offers an overview of the origins and main religious and doctrinal characteristics of the Mahanubhavs, with a particular focus on the aspects that reveal their difference and nonconformity.
The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies
Author: Neil Lazarus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521534185
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Offers a lucid introduction to postcolonial studies, one of the most important strands in recent literary theory and cultural studies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521534185
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Offers a lucid introduction to postcolonial studies, one of the most important strands in recent literary theory and cultural studies.
The Cambridge Companion to Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Author: Yasmin Saikia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108483879
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Examines Sayyid Ahmad Khan's life and contribution in the nineteenth century and his legacy in our current times.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108483879
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Examines Sayyid Ahmad Khan's life and contribution in the nineteenth century and his legacy in our current times.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture
Author: David T. Gies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521574297
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background of modern Spain, the culture of the major autonomous regions (notably Castile, Catalonia, and the Basque Country), and the country's literature: narrative, poetry, theatre and the essay. Spain's recent development is divided into three main phases: from 1868 to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War; the period of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco; and the post-Franco arrival of democracy. The concept of 'Spanish culture' is investigated, and there are studies of Spanish painting and sculpture, architecture, cinema, dance, music, and the modern media. A chronology and guides to further reading are provided, making the volume an invaluable introduction to the politics, literature and culture of modern Spain.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521574297
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background of modern Spain, the culture of the major autonomous regions (notably Castile, Catalonia, and the Basque Country), and the country's literature: narrative, poetry, theatre and the essay. Spain's recent development is divided into three main phases: from 1868 to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War; the period of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco; and the post-Franco arrival of democracy. The concept of 'Spanish culture' is investigated, and there are studies of Spanish painting and sculpture, architecture, cinema, dance, music, and the modern media. A chronology and guides to further reading are provided, making the volume an invaluable introduction to the politics, literature and culture of modern Spain.
The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements
Author: Olav Hammer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521196507
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This volume addresses the key features of new religions, such as Scientology, the Moonies and Jihadist movements, from a systematic, comparative perspective.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521196507
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This volume addresses the key features of new religions, such as Scientology, the Moonies and Jihadist movements, from a systematic, comparative perspective.
The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
Author: Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107159628
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107159628
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.