| Portion of title |
Creativity and modernity in colonial India |
| Contents |
The Rays and the history of modernity in India -- From the old world to the new : a family in transition -- New faith, new woman, new society -- Empire, nation, women -- The polymathic artisan -- Home and the world : Swadeshi and its ambiguities -- Triumph and tragedy -- New challenges, old values. |
| Abstract |
Although the filmmaker Satyajit Ray is well known across the world, few outside Bengal know much about the diverse contributions of his forebears to printing technology, nationalism, children's literature, feminism, advertising, entreprenurial culture and religious reform. The first comprehensive work in English on the pre-Satyajit generations, The Rays before Satyajit is not only a collective biography of an extraordinary family, but interweaves the Ray saga with the larger history of Indian modernity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016303487 |
| ISBN | 9780199464753 |
| ISBN | 0199464758 |
