UID:
almahu_9949385697402882
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages)
ISBN:
9781003145479
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1003145477
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9781000577747
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1000577740
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9781000577723
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1000577724
Content:
This book engages with the socio-cultural imaginings of Gandhi in literature, history, visual and popular culture. It explores multiple iterations of his ideas, myths and philosophies, which have inspired the work of filmmakers, playwrights, cartoonists and artists for generations. Gandhi⁰́₉s politics of non-violent resistance and satyagraha inspired various political leaders, activists and movements and has been a subject of rigorous scholarly enquiry and theoretical debates across the globe. Using diverse resources like novels, autobiographies, non-fictional writings, comic books, memes, cartoons and cinema, this book traces the pervasiveness of the idea of Gandhi which has been both idolized and lampooned. It explores his political ideas on themes such as modernity and secularism, environmentalism, abstinence, self-sacrifice and political freedom along with their diverse interpretations, caricatures, criticisms and appropriations to arrive at an understanding of history, culture and society. With contributions from scholars with diverse research interests, this book will be an essential read for students and researchers of political philosophy, cultural studies, literature, Gandhi and peace studies, political science and sociology.
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List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Nishat ZaidiPART IGandhi in Sonic and Visual Practices: Enunciations of ⁰́₋Darsan⁰́₊ and Activism 1 Gandhi⁰́₉s Image and Images of Gandhi: The Culture and Politics of Visual Representation Vinay Lal2 Music for the Congregation: Assembling an Aesthetic for Prayer Lakshmi Subramanian3 Visualizing Gandhi: The Icon and His People Ruchika Wason SinghPART IIConsumptions of Gandhi: Articulations or Disarticulations? 4 Mahatma in Memescape: Making of Gandhi in Participatory Digital Culture Haris Qadeer5 Mahatma in Antiphony: Gandhi in Indian Nationalist, Muslim and British Press Cartoons, 1946⁰́₃1947 Barnali Saha6 Exploration of Indian Visual Practices From 1960 to 1970: A Study of Indian Comic Books on Gandhi Aparna Pathak7 Gandhi, the New Divine: Gandhi Ethos in the Malayalam Socials of 1950 and 1960s M.H. Ilias8 Framing Gandhi Nishat HaiderPART IIIThe Construction of Self: Experimental Site of Praxis and Its Discursive Limits 9 An Untouchable in Search of an Asketic Gandhi: The Religiosity of Postcolonial Political Dhritiman Chakraborty10 Reformulation of Public⁰́₃Private Dynamics in Bengali Women⁰́₉s Autobiographies: Exploring Gandhi and Women⁰́₉s Activism Bhaswati Chatterjee11 Examining Gandhi⁰́₉s Disavowals and Re-thinking the ⁰́₋Experiment⁰́₊ in The Story of My Experiments with Truth Aishwarya Kumar12 Gandhian Environmentalism and Its Limits: A Reading of C. K. Janu⁰́₉s ⁰́₋Autobiographical Testimonio⁰́₊ Mother Forest P. Rajitha VenugopalPART IVGandhian Presence in Intimate and Public Spheres: Reflections on Corporeality, Ethicality and Society 13 The Missing/Divergent Inscription of the Gandhian Body: Examining Corruption in Shrilal Shukla⁰́₉s Raag Darbari Indrani Das Gupta14 Gandhi, Abstinence and Political Freedom: Reading Saadat Hasan Manto⁰́₉s ⁰́₋Swaraj Ke Liye⁰́₊ Baran Farooqi and Disha Pokhriyal15 Gandhi and Peasant Organizations in Colonial India: A Reading of Satinath Bhaduri⁰́₉s Dhorai Charit Manas Bharti AroraIndex
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003145479
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003145479
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