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The Frail Hero and Virile History Gender and the Politics of Culture in Colonial Bengal


Free Download The Frail Hero and Virile History: Gender and the Politics of Culture in Colonial Bengal By Indira Chowdhury
1998 | 193 Pages | ISBN: 0195644298 | PDF | 38 MB
Demonstrating the centrality of gender in the formation of a national identity, Indira Chowdhury opens up fresh ways to scrutinize the links between nationalism and Indian modernity, examining how indigenous cultural forms are constructed for a modern political identity.

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