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Texts of power :

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0816626863 (alk. paper)

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0816626871 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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9780816626861 (alk. paper)

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9780816626878 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Texts of power :

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emerging disciplines in colonial Bengal /

First Statement of Responsibility

Partha Chatterjee, editor.

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Minneapolis, Minn. :

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University of Minnesota Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c1995.

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xii, 220 p. :

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maps ;

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24 cm.

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"Published in conjunction with the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India."

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-208) and index.

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The Disciplines in Colonial Bengal/ Partha Chatterjee -- Disciplining the Printed Text : Colonial and Nationalist Surveillance of Bengali Literature/ Tapti Roy -- Recovering the Nation's Art/Tapati Guha-Thakurta -- A Modern Science of Politics for the Colonized/ Partha Chatterjee -- Sons of the Nation : Child Rearing in the New Family/ Pradip Kumar Bose -- A City Away from Home : The Mapping of Calcutta/ Keya Dasgupta -- Territory and People : The Disciplining of Historical Memory/Ranabir Samaddar.

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Bengal was the first "modern" province in India - the first, that is, to undergo a forced encounter with Western modernity. Beginning with this premise, the writers in Texts of Power consider what the case of Bengal says about the workings of Western modernity in a colonial setting. A truly interdisciplinary effort, this collection probes questions of pedagogy, nationalism, and gender. Among the subjects explored are colonialist and nationalist surveillance of Bengali literature; the disposition of the nation's art; the politics of child rearing; the mapping of Calcutta; and the disciplining of historical memory. By applying the theoretical insights of recent historical and cultural studies to the specific circumstances of Bengal, the authors develop a new approach to Indian intellectual and cultural history. Their work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary intellectual modernity.

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Emerging disciplines in colonial Bengal

Bangladesh, Intellectual life.

Bengal (India), Intellectual life.

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Chatterjee, Partha,1947-

Centre for Studies in Social Sciences.

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20130502102707.0

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