Writing History in Colonial Times: Polemic and the Recovery of Self in Late Nineteenth-Century South India

This essay looks at two early texts by a Hindu religious figure, Chattampi Svamikal (1853-1924), from Kerala, the southwestern region of India. Kristumatachhedanam (1890) [A Refutation of Christianity] and Pracina Malayalam (1899) [The Ancient Malayalam Region] draw upon a variety of sources across...

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Published in:History and theory
Main Author: Menon, Dilip M. ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley [2015]
In: History and theory
Further subjects:B Historiography
B Modernity
B Colonialism
B Transnationalism
B Religion
B History
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