Postcolonial Developments
Author | : Akhil Gupta |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0822322137 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780822322139 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Download or read book Postcolonial Developments written by Akhil Gupta and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive study explores what the postcolonial condition has meant to rural people in the Third World. Based on fieldwork done in the village of Alipur in rural north India from the early 1980s through the 1990s, POSTCOLONIAL DEVELOPMENTS challenges the dichotomy of "developed" and "underdevelopoed", and offers a new model for future ethnographic scholarship. 15 photos.