Tracking Modernity by Marian Aguiar

Tracking Modernity by Marian Aguiar

The ubiquitous railway as a symbol of the tensions of Indian modernity.

"In Tracking Modernity, Marian Aguiar demonstrates a compelling grasp of the complex discourses around and about India’s railway and its imbrication in the contested discourses of modernity, mobility, and migrationAguiar offers both a panoramic and a concentrated view of the many modes of representation of the scene of the train, the spaces of the train, and the railway platform. Historically grounded, theoretically sophisticated, and clearly articulated, Tracking Modernity takes us on a journey through the Indian landscape as it changes from colonial depictions, to postcolonial destinations constantly underlining the violence and terror that the train conjures for the Indian imagination alongside its endless capacity for restless movement." —Sangeeta Ray, University of Maryland

Marian Aguiar is associate professor in the Literary and Cultural Studies Program of the English department at Carnegie Mellon University.

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ISBN 13	9780816665617
ISBN 10	0816665613
Titel	Tracking Modernity
Autor	Marian Aguiar
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	University of Minnesota Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-03-07
Seitenanzahl	272
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