Between Modernity and Nationalism: Halide Edip's Encounter with Gandhi's India

by Mushirul Hasan

Building on her connections with the Indian National Movement and Mahatma Gandhi, this volume analyses Edip's description of India and its bearing on her life. It explores several aspects of Edip's career in India including the questions she confronts on gender, modernity, freedom movement, Gandhian movement, religion and politics, and everyday life. At another level, the volume identifies common currents of history and experience between India and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198063326
• ISBN13: 9780198063322
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages