Gandhi's Khadi English 2008
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ISBN:
9788125035831
Publisher:
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
Pages:
298
Weight:
846 g
Dimensions:
20 x 25 x 5 cm
Book Cover:
Paperback
Thema:
- Politics and government
- India
The book is a study of khadi, the fabric that successfully transcended its commodity status to become a political symbol. Using a fresh approach, it shows how an idea, determinedly pursued, can become a movement. Khadi acquired emblematic status during India's freedom struggle. Gandhi saw khadi as heralding real freedom to the millions of poor and marginalised Indians. Recreating a parallel history of the khadi movement alongside that of India's freedom struggle, the author argues that khadi's core semiotic lay in its being a commodity of resistance against colonial exploitation.
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