Clothing Gandhi's Nation
Lisa N. Trivedi
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Description for Clothing Gandhi's Nation
Hardcover. How an ordinary country cloth became a symbol of the Indian nation Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253348821
SKU
V9780253348821
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About Lisa N. Trivedi
Lisa Trivedi is Associate Professor of History at Hamilton College. She lives in New Hartford, New York.
Reviews for Clothing Gandhi's Nation
. . .a significant contribution to both Gandhian studies and our understanding of India between 1920 and 1940.
Religious Studies Review
. . . a fascinating and informative study of that most familiar artefact of Indian nationalism. Its main achievement is to present a coherent and very persuasive analysis of the ways in which this basic, everyday object ... Read more
Religious Studies Review
. . . a fascinating and informative study of that most familiar artefact of Indian nationalism. Its main achievement is to present a coherent and very persuasive analysis of the ways in which this basic, everyday object ... Read more