Of Matters Modern: The Experience of Modernity in Colonia...
Bhattacharya, Debraj Of matters Modern analyses the experience of modernity in South Asia. Arguing that South Asias experience of modernity has to be understood in a global context, the book explores a wide range of topics: the emergence of 'Assam Fever' in colonial discourse, an experiment with fusion music in early colonial India, The emergence of detective fiction in colonial Punjab, the search for authenticity among nationalist and post-colonial thinkers, the ...