Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies

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Modern Indian studies have become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain conceptsâsuch as Ahimsa, Caste, Darshan, and Raceâhave taken on different meanings.

Bringing together ideas, issues, and debates salient to modern Indian studies, this volume charts out the social, cultural, political, and economic processes at work in the subcontinent. Authored by internationally recognized experts, this work consists of over one hundred individual entries on concepts central to their respective fields of specialization, highlighting crucial issues and debates in a lucid and concise manner.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rachel Dwyer

Rachel Dwyer is Reader in Indian Studies and Cinema, SOAS, University of London. Her main work is on Hindi Cinema. She has published several books including Yash Chopra, about one of the greats of the Hindi film industry with whom she worked for several years.

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Title
Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
019945275X, 9780199452750
Length
xvi+326p., 23cm.
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