Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School

By P.S. Srivastava

Book Overview

An interdisciplinary and engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence and unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Using the case study of the Doon School, a famous boarding school for boys, and one of the leading educational institutions in India, the author argues that to be post-colonial in India is to be modern, rational, secular and urban. In placing post-colonialism in this concrete social context, and analysing how it is constructed, the author renders a complex and often rather abstract subject accessible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415178568
• ISBN13: 9780415178563
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"