| ID | 135836 |
| Title Proper | Censorship in brown and white |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Laine, James W |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In 2003, I published Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India, a book in which I reflected upon what I termed ‘unthinkable thoughts’. Such thoughts would be interpretive historical hypotheses that are so alien to popular cultural values that they become inconceivable, even when the evidence might point in their direction. In my case, once I expressed such thoughts, they produced not only a new eruption of defensive mechanisms to shore up the reputation of a venerated hero and all those values he symbolises, but also destabilised an historical discourse that had its own internal divisions. In Maharashtra, a small group of activists reacted to the unthinkable thoughts in my book and called for its ban, and the denunciation of that book became a hot button issue during India's national elections of 2004. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia : Journal of South Asian Studies Vol.37, No.4; Dec.2014: p.708-716 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2014-12 37, 4 |
| Standard Number | India |