Jessica Namakkal. Unsettling Utopia
The Making and Unmaking of French India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17817742 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cansu Gurkaya (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1960-6060 • E-ISSN: 1960-6060 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/vkbi |
| OpenAlex | W4399997992 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In her debut book, historian Jessica Namakkal proposes a counter-metanarrative that challenges the notion of “decolonization as a completed event” (p. 5), instead offering a more nuanced understanding of its complexities and ongoing impact. The book covers the history of the twentieth century in the French comptoirs of India, although the case of Pondicherry remains the central focus throughout. Namakkal’s work is notable for its extensive use of sources from a variety of archives dispersed
Political science · Sociology · Utopia · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History of Science and Medicine · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |