Nira Wickramasinghe

Metallic Modern

Everyday Machines in Colonial Sri Lanka

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents multi-scalar interconnected history from South Asia Focuses on modernity at an everyday level Research based on multiple archives in the USA, Sri Lanka and India

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9781782382423
• ISBN-10: 1782382429
• Artikelnr.: 40562462

Autorenporträt

Nira Wickramasinghe is Professor and Chair of Modern South Asian Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her most recent books are Sri Lanka in the Modern  Age. A History of Contested Identities (2006) and L'Invention du Vêtement National au Sri Lanka. Habiller le corps colonise (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations and Maps
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Exploring Sri Lanka's modern: Multiple Loops of Belonging
Chapter 1. Following the Singer Sewing Machine: Fashioning a market in a
British Crown Colony
Chapter 2. Creating a Market Imaginary
Chapter 3. Paths to a Buddhist modern: From Siam to America
Chapter 4. Gramophone. Soulful Sounds and Sacred Speeches
Chapter 5. An Asian Modern. Japan
Chapter 6. Trams, Cars, Bicycles: Modern Machines in the City
Chapter 7. A Tailor's Tale and Machines in the Home
Chapter 8. Working like Machines
Conclusion: Metallic Modern
Glossary
Bibliography
Index