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Alternative modernities ed. by Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar - X, 363 S. Ill. - A millennial quartet book .

"Public culture books"

On alternative modernities / Dilip Parameshwar GaonkarSettler modernity and the quest for an indigenous tradition / Elizabeth A. Povinelli -- Translation, imperialism, and national self-definition in Russia / Andrew Wachtel -- Shanghai modern: reflections on urban culture in China in the 1930s / Leo Ou-fan Lee -- Adda, Calcutta: dwelling in modernity / Kipesh Chakrabarty -- Miniaturizing modernity: Shahzia Sikander in conversation with Homi K. Bhabha / Robert McCarthy, editor -- Two theories of modernity / Charles Taylor -- On reconciling cosmopolitan unity and national diversity / Thomas McCarthy -- Camera Zanzibar / William Cunningham Bissell -- "Left to the imagination": Indian nationalisms and female sexuality in Trinidad / Tejaswini Niranjana -- Afro-Modernity: temporality, politics, and the African diaspora / Michael Hanchard -- Modes of citizenship in Mexico / Claudio Lomnitz -- Modernist ruins: national narratives and architectural forms /Beatriz Jaguaribe. Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN: 0822327147 pbk. : alk. paper 0822327031 cloth : alk. paper 9780822327141 : pbk. : alk. paper

LCCN: 00046659

Subjects--Topical Terms:
International relations and culture
Pluralism (Social sciences)
North and south
East and West
Civilization, Modern
Cultural pluralism
Modernität
Theorie
Sozialer Wandel
Pluralismus
Kulturwissenschaften
Kongress
New Delhi <1997>

Subjects--Index Terms: Class of Fall 2017 Bosch Fellow in Public Policy Fellow

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Konferenzschrift

LC Class. No.: HM1271

Dewey Class. No.: 306 306 306.4072