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The Frail Hero and Virile History: Gender and the Politics of Culture in Colonial Bengal (Soas Studies on South Asia)
The Frail Hero and Virile History Gender and the Politics of Culture in Colonial Bengal - Soas Studies on South Asia Author:Indira Chowdhury Demonstrating the centrality of gender in the formation of a national identity, Indira Chowdhury opens up fresh ways to scrutinize the links between nationalism and Indian modernity, examining how indigenous cultural forms are constructed for a modern political identity.