Unsettling utopia the making and unmaking of French India

"Unsettling Utopia looks to French India, five territories held by the French scattered throughout the South Asian subcontinent, to explore the connections between colonialism, settlement, border-making, decolonization, citizenship, and utopian place-making. Historian Jessica Namakkal begins wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Namakkal, Jessica (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York Columbia University Press 2021.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Columbia studies in international and global history.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47435240*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : On minor borders and colonial time
  • Chapter 1 : Carceral borders: exile, surveillance, and subversion
  • Chapter 2 : The future of French India: decolonization and settlement at the borders
  • Chapter 3 : Making the postcolonial subject : Goondas, refugees, and citizens
  • Chapter 4 : Decolonial crossings: settlers, migrants, tourists
  • Chapter 5: From the Ashram to Auroville: utopia as settlement
  • Conclusion : The messiness of colonialism.