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Salman Rushdie and Indian Historiography

Writing the Nation into Being

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  • © 2009

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  1. Nicole Weickgenannt Thiara
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Nicole Weickgenannt Thiara
    Pages 1-15

  3. A Biography of the Nation

    • Nicole Weickgenannt Thiara
    Pages 16-55

  4. Wives, Widows, and Witches

    • Nicole Weickgenannt Thiara
    Pages 56-87

  5. The New God-and-Mammon India

    • Nicole Weickgenannt Thiara
    Pages 88-121

  6. Mother India

    • Nicole Weickgenannt Thiara
    Pages 122-157

  7. The Idea of a Hybrid India

    • Nicole Weickgenannt Thiara
    Pages 158-199

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 200-226
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Paying particular attention to the representation of women and to gendered notions of the nation, this book examines for the first time the marked parallels between Rushdie's critique of the Nehruvian legacy and the most significant recent trends in Indian historiography, especially the feminist and subalternist movements.

About the author

NICOLE WEICKGENANNT THIARA received her MA from Heidelberg University, Germany, in English Studies and History, and was awarded a doctoral degree in English Studies from the University of Manchester, UK. She has taught at the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and Liverpool Hope University.

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