Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School (Culture and Communication in Asia)

by Sanjay Srivastava

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An interdisciplinary and engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence and unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Using the case study of the Doon School, a famous boarding school for boys, and one of the leading educational institutions in India, the author argues that to be post-colonial in India is to be modern, rational, secular and urban. In placing post-colonialism in this concrete social context, and analysing how it is constructed, the author renders a complex and often rather abstract subject accessible.
  • ISBN10 0415178568
  • ISBN13 9780415178563
  • Publish Date 1 October 1998 (first published 1 January 1998)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Language English