Autore
Marino, Alessandra

Titolo
Modernism and Indian Citizenship: Mahasweta Devi Rewrites the Political Subject
Periodico
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Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 153 - Pagina finale: 170

The rise of the aesthetic language of modernism in India was intimatelyrelated to the early anticolonial struggle and the birth of the nation.Referring to the transition towards the postcolonial state, in Habitationsof Modernity (2002) Dipesh Chakrabarty draws a direct link betweenmodernity, politicality and citizenship. Such triangulation, echoing Westernpolitical theory, is at the core of this article: reading Mahasweta Devi'screative writing against Chakrabarty's work, I question the possibility ofseeing citizenship as the passage to modernity. Devi's short stories revealhow the acquisition of citizenship did not allow adivasis (indigenouspeople) to access the promise of 'development' that modernity signifiedduring nationalism. Devi's acute realism denounces the liberal ideal ofthe citizen as a colonial construct and strips the postcolonial nation of itsmodern attribution.



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