Recommended Resources for "Subaltern South Asia"
Selected Subaltern Studies by Publication Date: 1988This volume features some of the most influential essays written as part of the subaltern studies group. The volume gives a good overview of the intellectual concerns and debates of the group, and it includes essays that have been significant for fields beyond South Asian history. Guha’s “The Prose of Counterinsurgency” is among the most noteworthy.
Masks of Conquest by Publication Date: 2014Describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and its function as an effective form of political control. Viswanathan’s study is the best example of Said’s “contrapuntal” analysis.
The Nation and Its Fragments by Publication Date: 1993Chatterjee critiques theories of nationalism (especially Anderson’s) by way of sustained readings of Bengali and English sources. One of the major failings of nationalist independence movements across the colonized world is that they replicated European nationalism rather than challenged its logics. On the other hand, Chatterjee suggests ways in which anticolonial nationalism differed from its European counterparts, and that the construction of Asian and African nationalism was predicated on difference.
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and CriticismAn alphabetically arranged survey of literary criticism and theory, with entries for individuals, critical topics, movements, theories, and contributions of specific countries and periods. Includes bibliographies and indexes to related entries at the end of each entry. International in scope. Use the Table of Contents to view the list of entries (for example, there is an entry on Indian Theory and Criticism), or search. In particular, check out the entry on Postcolonial Cultural Studies.
