Swapna M Banerjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 1260064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Swapna M Banerjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Swapna M |
| FAMILY NAME | Banerjee |
| SIGNATURE | BANERJEE S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brooklyn College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
In the service of empire
Fathers in a Motherland
À travers les âges de la vie
Cadre de la recherche : Cet essai présente Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), « l’homme d’esprits innombrables » de l’Inde coloniale, à travers ses « âges de vie » – l’âge du fils, celui du père, celui de l’éducateur – et sa conception d’une éducation et d’une masculinité alternatives. La critique de Tagore de l’éducation coloniale, ses expériences auprès d’institutions, et son curriculum où les arts et l’esthétique morale primaient sur le national…
Through the Ages of Life
Research Framework : This essay attempts to reclaim Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the “Myriad-Minded Man” from colonial India, through his “ages of life” – as a son, father, and educator – and his conceptualization of an alternate education and masculinity. Tagore’s critique of colonial education, his experiments with institutions, and his curriculum emphasizing arts and moral aesthetics over muscular nationalism challenged the dominant cultur…
Visible Histories, Disappearing Women
Debates on Domesticity and the Position of Women in Late Colonial India
Tracing the genealogy of domesticity from India’s precolonial past, this essay problematizes the recent emphasis on the link between women and domesticity in late colonial India. Based on a review of the growing literature in the field, it considers the newly evolved notions of colonial domesticity as a moment of [re]consideration rather than a break with the past. The discursive formation of the new ideas of domesticity under colonial regime tra…
Blurring boundaries, distant companions
This paper examines the history of child-care by non-kin, “non-family” members and their representations in colonial India. It focuses primarily on Bengal and relies on several genres of literary documents. Bengal harboured the seat of the British imperial capital in the city of Calcutta until 1911 and its culture was shaped in unique ways compared with other Indian cities. Based on a reading of select literary documents such as European advice m…
Debates on Domesticity and the Position of Women in Late Colonial India
Tracing the genealogy of domesticity from India’s precolonial past, this essay problematizes the recent emphasis on the link between women and domesticity in late colonial India. Based on a review of the growing literature in the field, it considers the newly evolved notions of colonial domesticity as a moment of [re]consideration rather than a break with the past. The discursive formation of the new ideas of domesticity under colonial regime tra…
Blurring boundaries, distant companions
This paper examines the history of child-care by non-kin, “non-family” members and their representations in colonial India. It focuses primarily on Bengal and relies on several genres of literary documents. Bengal harboured the seat of the British imperial capital in the city of Calcutta until 1911 and its culture was shaped in unique ways compared with other Indian cities. Based on a reading of select literary documents such as European advice m…
Debates on Domesticity and the Position of Women in Late Colonial India
Tracing the genealogy of domesticity from India’s precolonial past, this essay problematizes the recent emphasis on the link between women and domesticity in late colonial India. Based on a review of the growing literature in the field, it considers the newly evolved notions of colonial domesticity as a moment of [re]consideration rather than a break with the past. The discursive formation of the new ideas of domesticity under colonial regime tra…
Blurring boundaries, distant companions
This paper examines the history of child-care by non-kin, “non-family” members and their representations in colonial India. It focuses primarily on Bengal and relies on several genres of literary documents. Bengal harboured the seat of the British imperial capital in the city of Calcutta until 1911 and its culture was shaped in unique ways compared with other Indian cities. Based on a reading of select literary documents such as European advice m…
Visible Histories, Disappearing Women
À travers les âges de la vie
Cadre de la recherche : Cet essai présente Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), « l’homme d’esprits innombrables » de l’Inde coloniale, à travers ses « âges de vie » – l’âge du fils, celui du père, celui de l’éducateur – et sa conception d’une éducation et d’une masculinité alternatives. La critique de Tagore de l’éducation coloniale, ses expériences auprès d’institutions, et son curriculum où les arts et l’esthétique morale primaient sur le national…
Through the Ages of Life
Research Framework : This essay attempts to reclaim Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the “Myriad-Minded Man” from colonial India, through his “ages of life” – as a son, father, and educator – and his conceptualization of an alternate education and masculinity. Tagore’s critique of colonial education, his experiments with institutions, and his curriculum emphasizing arts and moral aesthetics over muscular nationalism challenged the dominant cultur…
Fathers in a Motherland
In the service of empire
Colonialism (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Masculinity (3 works)