Clothing Gandhi's nation
Subtitle: homespun and modern India
By: Lisa Trivedi.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780253348821
Subjects: Swadeshi movement -- History; Khadi -- Political aspects -- History; Khadi -- Economic aspects -- History; Khadi -- Social aspects -- History; Nationalism -- India -- History
Description: "In Clothing Gandhi's Nation, Lisa Trivedi explores the making of one of modern India's most enduring political symbols, khadi: a homespun, home-woven cloth. The image of Mohandas K. Gandhi clothed simply in a loincloth and plying a spinning wheel is familiar around the world, as is the sight of Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and other political leaders dressed in "Gandhi caps" and khadi shirts. Less widely understood is how these images associate the wearers with the swadeshi movement - which advocated the exclusive consumption of indigenous goods to establish India's autonomy from Great Britain - or how khadi was used to create a visual expression of national identity after Independence. Trivedi brings together social history and the study of visual culture to account for khadi as both symbol and commodity."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.