Reading subaltern studies : critical history, contested meaning and the globalization of South Asia / [edited by] David Ludden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ludden, David E.

Series:

Anthem South Asian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

South Asia--Historiography.

South Asia.

South Asia--History.

History.

India--Historiography.

India.

India--History.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

viii, 442 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem, 2002.

Summary:

In recent years, the most important and influential change in the historiography of South Asia, and particularly India, has been brought about by the globally renowned "Subaltern Studies" project that began twenty years ago. The present volume of critiques and readings of the project represents the first comprehensive historical introduction to Subaltern Studies and the worldwide debates it has generated among scholars of history, politics and sociology.

Contents:

Introduction: A Brief History of Subalternity / David Ludden 1

I. Early Critiques in India

I.1 Peasantry, Politics, and Historiography: Critique of New Trend in Relation to Marxism / Javeed Alam 43

I.2 Subaltern Studies II: A Review Article / Sangeeta Singh, Minakshi Menon, Pradeep Kumar Datta, Biswamoy Pati, Radhakanta Barik, Radhika Chopra, Partha Dutta, Sanjay Prasad 58

I.3 Significance of Non-subaltern Mediation / Ranajit Das Gupta 108

I.4 Subaltern Autonomy and the National Movement / B.B. Chaudhuri 120

II. Critical Incorporation in the Global Academy

II.1 Recovering the Subject: Subaltern Studies and Histories of Resistance in Colonial South Asia / Rosalind O'Hanlon 135

II.2 The Dis/appearance of Subalterns: A Reading of a Decade of Subaltern Studies / Jim Masselos 187

II.3 Situating the Subaltern: History and Anthropology in the Subaltern Studies Project / K. Sivaramakrishnan 212

II.4 Conflict and Connection: Rethinking Colonial African History / Frederick Cooper 256

II.5 Subaltern Studies: Radical History in the Metaphoric Mode / Henry Schwarz 304

III. Later Critiques in India

III.1 Drought and TADA in Adilabad / K. Balagopal 343

III.2 Relevance (or Irrelevance) of Subaltern Studies / Vinay Bahl 358

III.3 The Decline of the Subaltern in Subaltern Studies / Sumit Sarkar 400

Appendix 1 The Contents of Subaltern Studies I-X 430

Appendix 2 Additional Bibliography 436.

Notes:

Selection of essays published in South Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, from 1983 to 1997.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1843310589

1843310597

OCLC:

49833338