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Mysore Modern : Rethinking the Region Under Princely Rule, Paperback by Nair, Janaki, ISBN 0816673845, ISBN-13 9780816673841, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Departing from her earlier work on marginalized groups, Nair (history, Jawaharlal Nehru U.) here explores the meanings and consequences of indirect rule under colonialism in southern India and the legacies for modern India. Her topics include visualizing legitimacy for Mysore, the museumized citiscape of Mysore, protecting the child wife, and revisiting Karnataka's 1956 reunification. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press

ISBN-100816673845

ISBN-139780816673841

eBay Product ID (ePID)109022319

Product Key Features

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMysore Modern : Rethinking the Region under Princely Rule

SubjectSociology / General, Asia / India & South Asia, World / Asian, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

AuthorJanaki Nair

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-017082

Reviews" Mysore Modern presents a wide-ranging, forcefully argued, and impressively researched series of essays on the colonial and immediate post-colonial history of India's 'model' princely state, Mysore. It is a significant and valuable contribution to our understanding of the role princely states played in the history of modern India." --William Glover, University of Michigan, " Mysore Modern presents a wide-ranging, forcefully argued, and impressively researched series of essays on the colonial and immediate post-colonial history of India's 'model' princely state, Mysore. It is a significant and valuable contribution to our understanding of the role princely states played in the history of modern India." -William Glover, University of Michigan

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal954/.87

Table Of ContentContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Reconceptualizing the Modern, the Region, and Princely Rule 1. Tipu Sultan's War Colors and the Battle for Perspective 2. An Illusion of Permanence: Visualizing Legitimacy in Mysore 3. Srirangapatna: Capital City to Topography of Conquest 4. The Museumized Cityscape of Mysore 5. K. Venkatappa and the Fashioning of a Mysore Modern in Art 6. The Illicit in the Modern: Banning the Devadasi 7. The Licit in the Modern: Protecting the Child Wife 8. Giving the State a Nation: Revisiting Karnataka's Reunification Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

SynopsisMysore Modern reconceptualizes modernity in India using the history of the Princely State of Mysore. In this forcefully argued work, Janaki Nair critiques earlier notions of the native states of India as spaces that were either defined entirely by the dominant narratives of colonial/national modernity or were relatively untouched by them. Grounded in political history, and deriving insights from a wide range of visual, social, and legal texts and issues, Mysore Modern reperiodizes the modern by connecting these apparently discrepant registers to build up a case for a specifically regional, "monarchical modern" moment in Indian history. Nair examines mural and portraiture traditions, as well as forms of memorialization and nationalization of art and architectural practices. The volume also considers bureaucratic efforts centered on the use of law and development as instruments of modernity. As Nair demonstrates, the resolution of struggles about the significance of the past in the present, the control of women's sexuality and labor, and the role of the bureaucracy in Mysore reveal the imperatives of taking the region as the inaugural site for writing a history of Indian modernity., Mysore Modern reconceptualizes modernity in India using the history ofthe Princely State of Mysore. In this forcefully argued work, Janaki Naircritiques earlier notions of the native states of India as spaces that wereeither defined entirely by the dominant narratives of colonial ationalmodernity or were relatively untouched by them.

LC Classification NumberDS485.M9N345 2011