Autobiography, Travel & Postnational Identity: Gandhi, Nehru and Iqbal (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies) [Hardcover]

Javed Majeed (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1403985952 | ISBN-13: 978-1403985958 | Publication Date: May 15, 2007 | Edition: First Edition

This is the first study to show how the group identities of nationalism in South Asia were grounded in notions of individual selfhood. Javed Majeed argues that the writing of autobiography played a key role in formulating the complex connections between nationalism and interiority. By focussing on Jawaharlal Nehru, M.K. Gandhi and Muhammad Iqbal, and a range of other South Asian nationalist autobiographies and travelogues in English, Urdu, and Persian, he shows how notions of travel grounded the autobiographical projects of leading nationalists.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Autobiography, Travel and Postnational Identity: Gandhi, Nehru and Iqbal
represents an important and valuable contribution to the fields of nationalism,
travel and autobiography, which will be welcomed by researchers and students from
a multiplicity of disciplines including literary studies, history, geography, politics,
philosophy, postcolonial and cultural studies. As such, I have no hesitation in
recommending this excellent monograph for the readers of this journal to feast upon."

Shompa Lahiri, National Identities

 

"Majeed’s textual readings are always carefully argued, and frequently
genuinely insightful. Autobiography, Travel and Postnational Identity
is exemplary both in its placing of autobiographical texts within a historical
and literary context, and in its ability to make connections between that context
and larger issues of concern in postcolonial, travel, and auto/biography
studies."

Philip Holden, Biography

 

“Javed Majeed’s third book…is a fascinating read, characterized by an engaging and lucid style, intelligent insights and superb textual analysis. This is a scholarly, exciting, and wide-ranging book that contributes to a number of different fields”. Neelam Srivastava, Interventions

About the Author

JAVED MAJEED is Senior Lecturer in English in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary College, University of London.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition (May 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403985952
• ISBN-13: 978-1403985958
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,064,977 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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