Asia Annual 2010- Nationhood and Identity Movements in Asia (Colonial and Post- Colonial Times)

Book Specification Item Code: AZA195 Author: Swarupa Gupta Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors Language: English Edition: 2012 ISBN: 9788173049606 Pages: 372 Cover: HARDCOVER Other Details 9.8 x 6.15 inches Weight 780 gm Book Description About the Book This volume tells a new story of Asian nationalisms, moving beyond stereotypical representations of Asia as the exoticized/subjugated 'other' of Orientalism. It focuses on the interface between Asian forms of nationhood and identity-movements. Dispensing with western prisms of looking at colonial/ Asian nationalisms, it rethinks the relation between the west and the rest, by returning agency to Asians. Using a multidisciplinary methodology, this volume tracks constellations of unity predating the colonial modern, and sees how these operate within spirals of continuity through change. It traces and compares hitherto unexplored nationalist experiences in West, Central, South, South East and East Asia, gather