Jessica Namakkal. Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India
In her debut book, historian Jessica Namakkal proposes a counter-metanarrative that challenges the notion of “decolonization as a completed event” (p. 5), instead offering a more nuanced understanding of its complexities and ongoing impact. The book covers the history of the twentieth century in the...
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| Published in: | Association pour la recherche sur l'Asie du Sud (ARAS) Vol. 31 |
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| Format: | Book Review Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
2023
Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud |
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| Summary: | In her debut book, historian Jessica Namakkal proposes a counter-metanarrative that challenges the notion of “decolonization as a completed event” (p. 5), instead offering a more nuanced understanding of its complexities and ongoing impact. The book covers the history of the twentieth century in the French comptoirs of India, although the case of Pondicherry remains the central focus throughout. Namakkal’s work is notable for its extensive use of sources from a variety of archives dispersed ... |
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| ISSN: | 1960-6060 1960-6060 |
| DOI: | 10.4000/vkbi |