Jyoti Mohan: 2 books
Claiming India
French Scholars and the Preoccupation with India in the Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Most of us grew up with the knowledge that India had been a British colony—the jewel in the crown of the Raj. Even those with slightly deeper knowledge who knew that France had once been a contender for the Indian empire consider it a romantic interlude between the Mughals and their self-proclaimed...
Imagining India in Discourse
Meaning, Power, Structure
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2017
The economic liberalization of India, changes in global structures, and the rapid emergence of India on the global landscape have been accompanied by the dramatic rise in popular, public, and elite discourses that offer the promise to imagine India. Written mostly in the future tense, these discourses...