{"id":18294,"date":"2018-07-20T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=18294"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:51:20","slug":"restoring-dalit-agency-in-the-politics-of-nationalism-book-review-of-chiannaiah-jangams-dalits-and-the-making-of-modern-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2018\/restoring-dalit-agency-in-the-politics-of-nationalism-book-review-of-chiannaiah-jangams-dalits-and-the-making-of-modern-india\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRestoring Dalit Agency in the Politics of Nationalism,\u201d Book Review of Chiannaiah Jangam\u2019s Dalits and the Making of Modern India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        \u201cRestoring Dalit Agency in the Politics of Nationalism,\u201d Book Review of Chiannaiah Jangam\u2019s Dalits and the Making of Modern India\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/originindia.oup.com\/covers\/pdp\/9780199477777\" alt=\"Image result for Dalits and the Making of Modern India\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moggallan Bharti says <a href=\"https:\/\/india.oup.com\/product\/dalits-and-the-making-of-modern-india-9780199477777\"><em>Dalits and the Making of Modern India<\/em><\/a> by Carleton History professor <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/chinnaiah-jangam\/\">Chinnaiah Jangam<\/a> is &#8220;a treasure trove for the student of nationalism and India&#8217;s troubled history. The book with its rich archival work is a shot in the arm for several scholars who maintain that India does not have a single narrative strand of nationalism or rather who continue to challenge the very notion of \u2018nationalism\u2019 which by its very inception has been a hegemonic conditionality of sociopolitical events in a given time and space.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Review-of-C-Jangam-Book.pdf\">full review<\/a> is available online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moggallan Bharti says Dalits and the Making of Modern India by Carleton History professor Chinnaiah Jangam is &#8220;a treasure trove for the student of nationalism and India&#8217;s troubled history. 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