Modernity, Nationalism and the Colonial Uncanny
by
Swati Chattopadhyay
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Representing Calcutta is a spatial history of the colonial city, and addresses the question of modernity that haunts our perception of Calcutta. The book responds to two inter-related concerns about the city. First is the image of Calcutta as the worst case scenario of a Third World city -- the proverbial...