Cultural Politics of Hygiene in India, 1890-1940
Author | : Srirupa Prasad |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2015-09-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137520722 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137520728 |
Rating | : 4/5 (728 Downloads) |
Download or read book Cultural Politics of Hygiene in India, 1890-1940 written by Srirupa Prasad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines genealogies of contagion in between contagion as microbe and contagion as affect. It analyzes how and why hygiene became authoritative and succeeded in becoming a part of the broader social and cultural vocabulary within the colonialist, anti-colonial, as well as modernist discourses.