The politics of cultural nationalism in south India /
Barnett, Marguerite Ross,
The politics of cultural nationalism in south India / Marguerite Ross Barnett. - xii, 368 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 345-358.
In this book Processor Barnett analyzes a successful political movement in South India that used cultural nationalism as a positive force for change. By exploring the history of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, the author provides a new perspective on political identity. In so doing, she challenges the interpretation of cultural nationalism as a product of atavistic and primordial forces that poses an inherent threat to the integrity of territorially defined nation-states and thus to the progress of modernization. The founding of the DMK party in 1949, the author shows, was a turning point.
9780691616865 (pbk.)
76002457
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Nationalism--India--Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu (India)--Politics and government.
DS485.M28 / B37
320.95482 BAR / 018672
The politics of cultural nationalism in south India / Marguerite Ross Barnett. - xii, 368 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 345-358.
In this book Processor Barnett analyzes a successful political movement in South India that used cultural nationalism as a positive force for change. By exploring the history of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, the author provides a new perspective on political identity. In so doing, she challenges the interpretation of cultural nationalism as a product of atavistic and primordial forces that poses an inherent threat to the integrity of territorially defined nation-states and thus to the progress of modernization. The founding of the DMK party in 1949, the author shows, was a turning point.
9780691616865 (pbk.)
76002457
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Nationalism--India--Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu (India)--Politics and government.
DS485.M28 / B37
320.95482 BAR / 018672