In those days there was no coffee : writings in cultural history
Venkatachalapathy, A. R.
In those days there was no coffee : writings in cultural history - New Delhi Yoda Press 2016 - x,200p.
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements viii Introduction
History, Literature, Language 1
PART I: HISTORIES OF CONSUMPTION 9
1.'In Those Days There Was No Coffee' Drinking Coffee and Middle-class Culture in Colonial Tamilnadu 11
2.Triumph of Tobacco
The Tamil Experience 32
3.Caricaturing the Political
The Cartoon in Pre-Independence Tamil Journalism 42
4.Street Smart in Chennai
The City in Popular Imagination 59
5.Consuming Literature
The Contemporary Reputation of Pudumaippithan 73
PART II: LITERATURE, CULTURE, IDENTITY 87
6.Constructing the Canon in Colonial Tamilnadu 89
7.The Dravidian Movement and the Saivites, 1927-44 114
8.Coining Words
Language and Politics in Late Colonial Tamilnadu 143
9.Excising the Self
Writing Autobiography in Colonial Tamilnadu 163
Bibliography 185
Index 195
9788190618694
954.82 / VEN
In those days there was no coffee : writings in cultural history - New Delhi Yoda Press 2016 - x,200p.
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements viii Introduction
History, Literature, Language 1
PART I: HISTORIES OF CONSUMPTION 9
1.'In Those Days There Was No Coffee' Drinking Coffee and Middle-class Culture in Colonial Tamilnadu 11
2.Triumph of Tobacco
The Tamil Experience 32
3.Caricaturing the Political
The Cartoon in Pre-Independence Tamil Journalism 42
4.Street Smart in Chennai
The City in Popular Imagination 59
5.Consuming Literature
The Contemporary Reputation of Pudumaippithan 73
PART II: LITERATURE, CULTURE, IDENTITY 87
6.Constructing the Canon in Colonial Tamilnadu 89
7.The Dravidian Movement and the Saivites, 1927-44 114
8.Coining Words
Language and Politics in Late Colonial Tamilnadu 143
9.Excising the Self
Writing Autobiography in Colonial Tamilnadu 163
Bibliography 185
Index 195
9788190618694
954.82 / VEN