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 with the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Namakkal, Jessica (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Series:	Columbia studies in international and global history.
Subjects:	French India > History. French India > Politics and government. Decolonization > India > History. Utopias > India > History. India > Foreign relations > France. France > Foreign relations > India. HISTORY / Asia / General.

Table of Contents:

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.