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Everyday History in Colonial India: A Bibliographical Essay
Juniana Fazal
Abstract:
This bibliographical treatise examines how everyday history became an important area of study of colonial India. It goes beyond the state-based and elite versions of politics and emphasizes how historians have come to find the concerns of living, everyday people, their practices and negotiations in the middle of the rule of the British. This essay reveals that the colonial power functioned not by the institutions alone but also by food, clothes, medicine, technology, and space arrangements. It investigates the way in which ordinary life was converted into a location of domination and resistance or cultural hybridization to elicit intricate interplay of colonial policies and local traditions. Considering the main scholarship, the essay reveals the significant themes including relations of power, social change, and cultural adaptation, as well as some gaps that need to be filled in through the additional research. Finally, it places commonplace history in the frames of overarching historiographical discussions, highlighting the importance in its value in comprehending how colonialism developed the textures of life in South Asia.
Keywords:
Bibliographical, colonial India, cultural hybridization, social change
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