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Becoming Assamese : colonialism and new subjectivities in Northeast India / Madhumita Sengupta.

By: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2016Edition: 1st South Asian edDescription: xi, 277 p. : 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781138676077 (hbk
  • 9781138219601
  • 1138676071
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.09 SEN
Contents:
Table of Contents : Acknowledgements- viii Abbreviations - xi Introduction - 1 PART I - 13 1. The political economy of a frontier-15 2. Languages of identity-74 3. The burden of progress-110 PART-II -137 4. New solidarities: print, politics and protest-139 5. Intimate histories of Assamese-183 6. Representing traditions, recasting history218 Conclusion -247 Glossary -255 Bibliography-257 Index--273
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index.

Table of Contents :
Acknowledgements- viii
Abbreviations - xi
Introduction - 1
PART I - 13
1. The political economy of a frontier-15
2. Languages of identity-74
3. The burden of progress-110
PART-II -137
4. New solidarities: print, politics and protest-139
5. Intimate histories of Assamese-183
6. Representing traditions, recasting history218

Conclusion -247
Glossary -255
Bibliography-257
Index--273