Selected Subaltern Studies (Essays from the 5 Volumes and a Glossary)
by Ranajit Guha
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This provocative volume presents the most wide-ranging essays from the first five volumes of Subaltern Studies, along with an introductory essay by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak--the translator of Derrida's Of Grammatology into English--and a foreword by eminent critic Edward W. Said. Addressedto students and scholars throughout the humanities, these essays address what Antonio Gramsci--the founder of the Italian communist party--called the subaltern classes, reexamining well-known historical show more and political events, such as Gandhi's role in India, from a Marxist perspective. Together, theessays examine aspects of the analysis of domination, with special reference to the critique of imperialism, in an attempt to rectify the elitist bias characteristic of much academic work on India. A ground-breaking work of considerable pedagogical relevance for courses dealing with colonialism andimperialism in literature, sociology, anthropology, politics, and history, Subaltern Studies also features a comprehensive glossary of Indian terms for readers not familiar with Indian history. show lessTags
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Ranajit Guha, formerly of the University of Sussex and the Australian National University, is the founder-editor of Subaltern Studies. His publications include A Rule of Property for Bengal (1963, 1982, 1996) and Dominance without Hegemony: History and Power in Colonial India (1997).
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