| ID | 170471 |
| Title Proper | Provincialising Bengal |
| Other Title Information | the view from Darjeeling |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Middleton, Townsend |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Written against the backdrop of Darjeeling’s 2017 Gorkhaland agitation, this essay chronicles the colonialisations—first British, now Bengali—that undergird this subnationalist struggle. The analysis challenges romanticised views of Darjeeling, presenting instead a case study of internal colonialism. As an exercise in post-colonial thought, it leverages the view from Darjeeling to explore a notable lacuna in our reckonings of subalternity. A place long thought to be ‘above it all’ here begs its own history from below. Heeding Gorkhaland’s call, the essay proposes ‘provincialising Bengal’ as a means to productively address the internal colonialism at hand, and therein rethink Bengal and its peripheries. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 43, No.1; Feb 2020: p.32-51 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2020-02 43, 1 |
| Key Words | Power ; Politics ; Autonomy ; Internal Colonialism ; Bengal ; Darjeeling ; Post-Colonial Theory ; Subaltern ; Subnationalism |