Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Part I Imperial and Postcolonial Settings
- Part II Transnational and Religious Missions and Identities
- Part III Intersections: National(ist) Synergies and Tensions with Other Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Categories, Identities, and Practices
- 21 Self-Determination and National Sovereignty
- 22 Citizenship and Nationhood: From Antiquity to Gaia Citizenship
- 23 Religion and Nationhood
- 24 Nationalism and Capitalism
- 25 Economic Nationalism in an Imperial Age, 1846–1946
- 26 National Identity and the Idea of Race in the Dinaric Region
- 27 Nationalism, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocide: A View from Below
- 28 Warfare, Nation Formation, and the Legitimacy of States: An Ethnosymbolic Perspective
- 29 Nationalism, Terrorism, and the State: Historical Perspectives
- 30 Negotiating National Identity through Tourism in Colonial South Asia and Beyond
- 31 Gendered Nations and Institutions
- 32 Historiographies and Commemorative Practices
- 33 Nation and Literature
- 34 Foodways and Nationhood
- 35 The Dynamics of National Music: Opera and Classical Music in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
- 36 Media and Nationalism: Europe and the USA, 1500–2000
- Conclusion to Part III
- Index
- References
30 - Negotiating National Identity through Tourism in Colonial South Asia and Beyond
from Part III - Intersections: National(ist) Synergies and Tensions with Other Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Categories, Identities, and Practices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Part I Imperial and Postcolonial Settings
- Part II Transnational and Religious Missions and Identities
- Part III Intersections: National(ist) Synergies and Tensions with Other Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Categories, Identities, and Practices
- 21 Self-Determination and National Sovereignty
- 22 Citizenship and Nationhood: From Antiquity to Gaia Citizenship
- 23 Religion and Nationhood
- 24 Nationalism and Capitalism
- 25 Economic Nationalism in an Imperial Age, 1846–1946
- 26 National Identity and the Idea of Race in the Dinaric Region
- 27 Nationalism, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocide: A View from Below
- 28 Warfare, Nation Formation, and the Legitimacy of States: An Ethnosymbolic Perspective
- 29 Nationalism, Terrorism, and the State: Historical Perspectives
- 30 Negotiating National Identity through Tourism in Colonial South Asia and Beyond
- 31 Gendered Nations and Institutions
- 32 Historiographies and Commemorative Practices
- 33 Nation and Literature
- 34 Foodways and Nationhood
- 35 The Dynamics of National Music: Opera and Classical Music in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
- 36 Media and Nationalism: Europe and the USA, 1500–2000
- Conclusion to Part III
- Index
- References
Summary
While most critics focus their attentions elsewhere, A Passage to India is at least partly a book about tourism and about the sort of interactions that regularly take place between myriad groups as a consequence of this pastime. There is quite a lot of evidence for reading the novel in this way. The first two of the three sections in the book begin with short chapters written loosely in the form of a guidebook introducing geography, geology, history, and cultural differences. Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested are ultimately tourists anxious “about seeing the real India.”1 Their arrival in Chandrapore spawns relationships and drama around which the plot revolves, including a pivotal crisis experienced during an ill-fated excursion to see the Marabar Caves. The book ends with the contrast of religious festival and touristic gaze as the English characters, along with Muslim protagonist Dr. Aziz, watch a festival related to Lord Krishna.
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- The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism , pp. 640 - 660Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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Grenier, K. H., Tourism and Identity in Scotland, 1770–1914 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005).Google Scholar
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Readman, Paul, Storied Ground: Landscape and the Shaping of English National Identity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Shaffer, M. S., See America First: Tourism and National Identity, 1880–1940 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001).Google Scholar
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