Gandhi in India's Literary and Cultural Imagination
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Gandhi in India's Literary and Cultural Imagination

  1. 266 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Gandhi in India's Literary and Cultural Imagination

About this book

This book engages with the socio-cultural imaginings of Gandhi in literature, history, visual and popular culture. It explores multiple iterations of his ideas, myths and philosophies, which have inspired the work of filmmakers, playwrights, cartoonists and artists for generations.

Gandhi's politics of non-violent resistance and satyagraha inspired various political leaders, activists and movements and has been a subject of rigorous scholarly enquiry and theoretical debates across the globe. Using diverse resources like novels, autobiographies, non-fictional writings, comic books, memes, cartoons and cinema, this book traces the pervasiveness of the idea of Gandhi which has been both idolized and lampooned. It explores his political ideas on themes such as modernity and secularism, environmentalism, abstinence, self-sacrifice and political freedom along with their diverse interpretations, caricatures, criticisms and appropriations to arrive at an understanding of history, culture and society.

With contributions from scholars with diverse research interests, this book will be an essential read for students and researchers of political philosophy, cultural studies, literature, Gandhi and peace studies, political science and sociology.

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Yes, you can access Gandhi in India's Literary and Cultural Imagination by Nishat Zaidi, Indrani Das Gupta, Nishat Zaidi,Indrani Das Gupta in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Literary Collections. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Notes on the Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I Gandhi in Sonic and Visual Practices: Enunciations of “Darsan” and Activism
  11. Part II Consumptions of Gandhi: Articulations or Disarticulations?
  12. Part III The Construction of Self: Experimental Site of Praxis and Its Discursive Limits
  13. Part IV Gandhian Presence in Intimate and Public Spheres: Reflections on Corporeality, Ethicality and Society
  14. Index