The Patriot: Political Readings of Hindu Identity in the Tales of Shivaji, 1869–2001

Tür:

Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

James W. Laine

Yayın yılı:

2003

Yayıncı:

Oxford University Press

During the period of Bristish colonization, the British considered the political and cultural affairs of the nation in their concerns as they exiled the last peshwa and appointed a raja in 1818 before actually attaining sovereign control in 1848. Because this period is dominated by British supervision, the versions of Shivaji's legend that were retold at this time reflected a consciousness of European culture and power in a way similar to how earlier explanations reflected the Islamicate context. This chapter seeks to understand how the Shivaji legend contains an underlying nationalist discourse by looking into the sociological study of the common themes observed from the legend and in the actual places where events of Shivaji's life are remembered.

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