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The generation of national cultures in colonized areas of Asia
during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has most often been
traced to the cultural-textual production of emerging middle-class'
elites. This book presents cutting-edge interpretations of the
emergence of Asian nationalism, calling special attention to the
realms of national' science, religion, and philosophy. Promoting
the comparison of traditional' scholars and elites in a
trans-colonial, trans-national context, this unique book focuses on
the formation of national identities that appropriated elements of
colonial administration, ideology, and structure, as these were
grafted onto ideas of nationhood that themselves cut across various
religious, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural boundaries. The
articulation of such discourses as Pan-Islamic, Pan-Arab, or South
and Southeast-Asian nationalism is emphasised, and the book covers
a variety of geographical regions, including East Asia, Southeast
Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. To the fore will be the
examination of religious and scientific scholarship within the
traditions of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, as well as in
lesser-studies languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi/Urdu, Persian,
Arabic, Malay, and Chinese. Providing new insights into the
negotiation and re-interpretation of Western knowledge and
modernity and the genealogy of the concept of the nation', this
book will be of interested to a wide academic audience across
different subject areas, including Asian and Middle East Studies,
intellectual and colonial history and religious studies.
This book is a re-evaluation of modern urbanism and architecture
and a history of urbanism, architecture, and local identity in
colonial north India at the turn of the twentieth century. Focusing
on Banaras and Jaunpur, two of northern India's most traditional
cities, the book examines the workings of colonial bureaucracy in
the cities and argues that interactions with the colonial state
were an integral aspect of the ways that Indians created a sense of
their own personal investment in the city in which they lived. The
book explores the every-day and the mundane to better understand
the limits of British colonial power, and the role of Indians
themselves, in the making of the modern city. Based on highly
localized archival source material, the author analyses two key
aspects of city-making in this era: the building of new
infrastructure, such as water supply and sewerage, and new policies
governing historical architectural conservation. The book also
incorporates an ethnography of contemporary urban space in these
cities to advocate for a more nuanced and responsible approach to
writing the history of such cities and to address the myriad
problems of present-day north Indian urbanism. Containing examples
of bureaucratic procedure and its contradictions and enlivened by a
set of personal reflections and narratives of the author's own
experiences, this book is a valuable addition to the field of South
Asian Studies, Asian History and Asian Culture and Society,
Colonial History and Urban History.
The book presents a rich and surprising account of the recent
history of the north Indian city of Banaras. Supplementing
traditional accounts, which have focused upon the city's religious
imaginary, this volume brings together essays written by
acknowledged experts in north Indian culture and history to examine
the construction of diverse urban identities in, and after, the
British colonial period. Drawing on fields such as archaeology,
literature, history, and architecture, these accounts of Banaras
understand the narratives which inscribe the city as having been
forged substantially in the experiences of British rule. But while
British rule transformed the city in many respects, the essays also
emphasize the importance of Indian agency in these processes. The
book also examines the essential ambiguity of modernization schemes
in the city as well as the contingency of elements of religious
narrative. The introduction, moreover, attempts to resituate
Banaras into a wider tradition of urban studies in South Asia. The
book will be of interest to not only scholars and students of north
Indian culture and urban history, but also anyone looking to gain a
deeper appreciation of this remarkable, and complex, city.
The book presents a rich and surprising account of the recent
history of the north Indian city of Banaras. Supplementing
traditional accounts, which have focused upon the city's religious
imaginary, this volume brings together essays written by
acknowledged experts in north Indian culture and history to examine
the construction of diverse urban identities in, and after, the
British colonial period. Drawing on fields such as archaeology,
literature, history, and architecture, these accounts of Banaras
understand the narratives which inscribe the city as having been
forged substantially in the experiences of British rule. But while
British rule transformed the city in many respects, the essays also
emphasize the importance of Indian agency in these processes. The
book also examines the essential ambiguity of modernization schemes
in the city as well as the contingency of elements of religious
narrative. The introduction, moreover, attempts to resituate
Banaras into a wider tradition of urban studies in South Asia. The
book will be of interest to not only scholars and students of north
Indian culture and urban history, but also anyone looking to gain a
deeper appreciation of this remarkable, and complex, city.
This book is a re-evaluation of modern urbanism and architecture
and a history of urbanism, architecture, and local identity in
colonial north India at the turn of the twentieth century. Focusing
on Banaras and Jaunpur, two of northern India's most traditional
cities, the book examines the workings of colonial bureaucracy in
the cities and argues that interactions with the colonial state
were an integral aspect of the ways that Indians created a sense of
their own personal investment in the city in which they lived. The
book explores the every-day and the mundane to better understand
the limits of British colonial power, and the role of Indians
themselves, in the making of the modern city. Based on highly
localized archival source material, the author analyses two key
aspects of city-making in this era: the building of new
infrastructure, such as water supply and sewerage, and new policies
governing historical architectural conservation. The book also
incorporates an ethnography of contemporary urban space in these
cities to advocate for a more nuanced and responsible approach to
writing the history of such cities and to address the myriad
problems of present-day north Indian urbanism. Containing examples
of bureaucratic procedure and its contradictions and enlivened by a
set of personal reflections and narratives of the author's own
experiences, this book is a valuable addition to the field of South
Asian Studies, Asian History and Asian Culture and Society,
Colonial History and Urban History.
Presenting cutting-edge scholarship dedicated to exploring the
emergence and articulation of modernity in colonial South Asia,
this book builds upon and extends recent insights into the
constitutive and multiple projects of colonial modernity. Eschewing
the fashionable binaries of resistance and collaboration, the
contributors seek to re-conceptualize modernity as a local and
transitive practice of cultural conjunction. Whether through a
close reading of Anglo-Indian poetry, Urdu rhyming dictionaries,
Persian Bible translations, Jain court records, or Bengali
polemical literature, the contributors interpret South Asian
modernity as emerging from localized, partial and continuously
negotiated efforts among a variety of South Asian and European
elites. Surveying a range of individuals, regions, and movements,
this book supports reflection on the ways traditional scholars and
other colonial agents actively appropriated and re-purposed
elements of European knowledge, colonial administration, ruling
ideology, and material technologies. The book conjures a
trans-colonial and trans-national context in which ideas of
history, religion, language, science, and nation are defined across
disparate religious, ethnic, and linguistic boundaries. Providing
new insights into the negotiation and re-interpretation of Western
knowledge and modernity, this book is of interest to students and
scholars of South Asian Studies, as well as of intellectual and
colonial history, comparative literature, and religious studies.
In Challenging the Status Quo: Diversity, Democracy, and Equality
in the 21st Century, David G. Embrick, Sharon M. Collins, and
Michelle Dodson have compiled the latest ideas and scholarship in
the area of diversity and inclusion. The contributors to this
edited volume offer critical analyses on many aspects of diversity
as it pertains to institutional policies, practices, discourse, and
beliefs. The book is broken down into 19 chapters over 7 sections
that cover: policies and politics; pedagogy and higher education;
STEM; religion; communities; complex organizations; and discourse
and identity. Collectively, these chapters contribute to answering
three main questions: 1) what, ultimately, does diversity mean; 2)
what are the various mechanisms by which institutions understand
and use diversity; and 3) why is it important for us to rethink
diversity? Contributors: Sharla Alegria, Joyce M. Bell, Sharon M.
Collins, Ellen Berrey, Enobong Hannah Branch, Meghan A. Burke,
Tiffany Davis, Michele C. Deramo, Michelle Dodson, David G.
Embrick, Edward Orozco Flores, Emma Gonzalez-Lesser, Bianca
Gonzalez-Sobrino, Matthew W. Hughey, Paul R. Ketchum, Megan Klein,
Michael Kreiter, Marie des Neiges Leonard, Wendy Leo Moore, Shan
Mukhtar, Antonia Randolph, Victor Erik Ray, Arthur Scarritt, Laurie
Cooper Stoll.
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