Reading Subaltern Studies

London: Anthem South Asian Studies, 2002. First paperback edition. Paperback quarto with black spine. viii, 442 pages; 25 cm. Heavy ink marginalia throughout. Moderate curling to covers. Fair. . Paperback. ISBN: 1843310597

Series: Anthem South Asian studies; Abstract: The volume provides a reliable point of departure for new readers of Subaltern Studies and a resource base for experienced readers who want to revive critical debates. In his introduction, David Ludden traces the intellectual history of subalternity and analyses trends in the globalization of academic discourse that account for the changing character of Subaltern Studies as well as for the shifting debates around it. Contents: Introduction: A brief history of subalternity / David Ludden -- Peasantry, politics, and historiography: critique of new trend in relation to Marxism / Javeed Alam -- Subaltern studies II: a review article / Sangeeta Singh [and others] -- Significance of non-subaltern mediation / Ranajit Das Gupta -- Subaltern autonomy and the national movement / B.B. Chaudhuri -- Recovering the subject: Subaltern studies and histories of resistance in colonial South Asia / Rosalind O'Hanlon -- The dis/appearance of subalterns: a reading of a decade of Subaltern studies / Jim Masselos -- Situating the subaltern: history and anthropology in the Subaltern studies project / K. Sivaramakrishnan -- Conflict and connection: rethinking colonial African history / Frederick Cooper -- Subaltern studies: radical history in the metaphoric mode / Henry Schwarz -- Drought and TADA in Adilabad / K. Balagopal -- Relevance (or irrelevance) of subaltern studies / Vinay Bahl -- The decline of the subaltern in Subaltern studies / Sumit Sarkar -- Appendix: The contents of Subaltern studies I-X. Selection of essays published in South Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, from 1983 to 1997. Globalization. Historiography.