Alternative modernities /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Gaonkar, Dilip Parameshwar, 1945-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:	Millennial quartet.
Subjects:	Cultural pluralism. International relations and culture. Civilization, Modern. East and West. North and south. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

On alternative modernities / Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar
Settler modernity and the quest for an indigenous tradition / Elizabeth A. Povinelli
Translation, imperialism, and national self-definition in Russia / Andrew Wachtel
Shanghai modern: reflections on urban culture in China in the 1930s / Leo Ou-fan Lee
Adda, Calcutta: dwelling in modernity / Kipesh Chakrabarty
Miniaturizing modernity: Shahzia Sikander in conversation with Homi K. Bhabha / Robert McCarthy, editor
Two theories of modernity / Charles Taylor
On reconciling cosmopolitan unity and national diversity / Thomas McCarthy
Camera Zanzibar / William Cunningham Bissell
"Left to the imagination": Indian nationalisms and female sexuality in Trinidad / Tejaswini Niranjana
Afro-Modernity: temporality, politics, and the African diaspora / Michael Hanchard
Modes of citizenship in Mexico / Claudio Lomnitz
Modernist ruins: national narratives and architectural forms /Beatriz Jaguaribe.