The Indian periodical press and the production of nationalist rhetoric / Sukeshi Kamra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamra, Sukeshi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press and politics--India--History--19th century.

Press and politics.

Press and politics--India--History--20th century.

Nationalism in the press--India--History--19th century.

Nationalism in the press.

Nationalism in the press--India--History--20th century.

Government and the press--India--History--19th century.

Government and the press.

Government and the press--India--History--20th century.

Colonies.

Administration.

History.

Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--Administration.

Great Britain.

Asia.

India.

Physical Description:

xi, 236 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, [2011]

Summary:

"This book makes a case for considering the Indian periodical press as a key forum for the production of nationalist rhetoric. It argues that between the 1870s and 1910, the press was the place in which the notion of 'the public' circulated and where an expansive middle class, and even larger reading audience, was persuaded into believing it had force. Kamra shows that the increasingly antagonistic relationship between the press and colonial regime is where and how a nationalist public sphere first develops"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: the periodical press, government culture, and the making of the Indian public, 1870-1910

The verbal culture of 1857 and the politics of fear

Law and the periodical press in the 1870s: a culture of complaint

Criminalizing political conversation: the 1891 trial of the Bangavasi

The "Infernal Machine" of propaganda literature: the Indian press of 1907-1910

Criminalizing political conversation: the trial of the Pallichitra (1910)

Conclusion: of the Indian press and the colonial government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780230116597

0230116590

OCLC:

711049340