ISBN:
978-0-253-34882-1
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XXVI, 205 S. :
,
Illustrationen, Karten.
DDC:
954.03/5
Schlagwort(e):
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Nationalismus
;
Politik
;
Swadeshi movement History
;
Khadi Political aspects
;
History
;
Khadi Economic aspects
;
History
;
Khadi Social aspects
;
History
;
Nationalism History
;
Swadeschi-Bewegung.
;
Spinnen
;
Indien
;
Swadeschi-Bewegung
;
1869-1948 Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
;
Spinnen
Kurzfassung:
"In Clothing Gandhi's Nation, Lisa Trivedi explores the making of one of modern India's most enduring political symbols, khadi: a homespun, home-woven cloth. The image of Mohandas K. Gandhi clothed simply in a loincloth and plying a spinning wheel is familiar around the world, as is the sight of Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and other political leaders dressed in "Gandhi caps" and khadi shirts. Less widely understood is how these images associate the wearers with the swadeshi movement - which advocated the exclusive consumption of indigenous goods to establish India's autonomy from Great Britain - or how khadi was used to create a visual expression of national identity after Independence. Trivedi brings together social history and the study of visual culture to account for khadi as both symbol and commodity." -- Publisher's description.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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