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==Expert Group on Nation (India)== | ==Expert Group on Nation (India)== | ||
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| + | '''''Group: Representations of India''''' | ||
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| + | '''''Kim''''' | ||
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| + | - Crowded societies composed of very different ethnic and cultural groups that live in mixed communities or close proximity | ||
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| + | - Less social tension between these groups than between single individuals (cf. Lurgan Sahib‘s hatred on Kim) or between different nations (cf. British vs. Russians in the Great Game) | ||
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| + | - British colonial power ensuring harmony? | ||
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| + | '''''Untouchable''''' | ||
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| + | - High social tension between outcastes and upper castes | ||
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| + | - Most prominent example: Bakha touches an upper caste member by accident (cf. p. 46) | ||
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| + | - Outcastes forced to announce their approach when they leave their colony | ||
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| + | - Social exclusion of other minorities apart from low-caste Hindus (e.g. Mohammedans) | ||
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| + | - Injustice and discrimination exerted by upper castes | ||
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| + | - Few exceptions (eg. the high-caste Hindu Charat Singh, cf. p. 105-110)) | ||
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| + | - Counter-movements (Only the Ghandian movement is portrayed in the novel!) | ||
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| + | - Role of British colonial power in this conflict? | ||
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| + | '''''Midnight's Children''''' | ||
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| + | - Multiple ethnic and social groups | ||
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| + | - At the beginning of the novel: relative peace between those groups | ||
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| + | - Considerable change of this relative harmony as the plot unfolds | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 29 January 2010
Expert Group on Nation (India)
Group: Representations of India
Kim
- Crowded societies composed of very different ethnic and cultural groups that live in mixed communities or close proximity
- Less social tension between these groups than between single individuals (cf. Lurgan Sahib‘s hatred on Kim) or between different nations (cf. British vs. Russians in the Great Game)
- British colonial power ensuring harmony?
Untouchable
- High social tension between outcastes and upper castes
- Most prominent example: Bakha touches an upper caste member by accident (cf. p. 46)
- Outcastes forced to announce their approach when they leave their colony
- Social exclusion of other minorities apart from low-caste Hindus (e.g. Mohammedans)
- Injustice and discrimination exerted by upper castes
- Few exceptions (eg. the high-caste Hindu Charat Singh, cf. p. 105-110))
- Counter-movements (Only the Ghandian movement is portrayed in the novel!)
- Role of British colonial power in this conflict?
Midnight's Children
- Multiple ethnic and social groups
- At the beginning of the novel: relative peace between those groups
- Considerable change of this relative harmony as the plot unfolds
