Abstract
This essay examines the dynamic between nationalist historiography and popular cultural forms in postcolonial and post-global India. Concerned primarily with liberal nationalist historiography, particularly the kind that has been labelled the ‘Tagore-Nehru synthesis’, this essay traces the evolution of the said historiography during the colonial-nationalist period, examines the interaction of this historiography with contesting discourses in postcolonial and post-global India and, in doing so, attempts to address the questions regarding the modes of coexistence of religion and nationalism in a secular nation-state.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | South Asian Transnationalisms |
| Subtitle of host publication | Cultural Exchange in the Twentieth Century |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 116-132 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781135718329 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415556187 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Social Sciences(all)