Tithi Bhattacharya maps the role that Bengali ghosts and ghost stories played in constituting the modern Indian nation, and the religious ideas seeded therein, as it emerged in a dialogue with European science.
Presents a critical examination of how concepts of individualism functioned in support of and resistance to British imperialism in India. This... Læs mere
Featuring nearly two hundred full color photographs by William Craft Brumfield, this book documents the architecture of centuries-old wooden and brick churches, cathedrals and homes in the region surrounding the White Sea, which is known as the Russian North.
In this ethnography of sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh War for Independence, Nayanika Mookherjee shows how... Læs mere
Natasha Eaton theorizes the relationship between art and empire through analysis of the interconnected visual cultures of British and Mughal empires in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century India.
This book analyzes the folk songs from the Bhojpuri-speaking regions of North India to explore how ideas of gender, caste, and class are socially constructed, transmitted, questioned, and reaffirmed through their performance.
Monumental Matters analyzes the role of Mughal architecture-magnificent tombs, mosques, forts, and palaces, such as the Taj Mahal-in India s cultural politics from the colonial era to the present.
Tells the complex story of one episode that became the tipping point for an important historical transformation. This title provides... Læs mere
Offers an innovative interpretation of the role that gender played in defining the Indian state during both the colonial and... Læs mere