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Colonial lists/Indian power: identity politics in nineteenth century Telugu-speaking India

Michael Katten 2009 © Columbia University Press
Documents how various groups and peoples changed the ways they spoke about themselves over the course of the 19th century in Telugu-speaking India, by using historically contingent and locally functional formulations of identity.
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  • Gutenberg-e
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  • 9780231503754 (E-Book)
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  • Asian: South and Southeast
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
    • [Intro]
    • The Subjectivity of the Subject
    • The Case of Dominating Identity
    • A Problem of Indian Historiography: Why Categories Are Important
    • Category Production
    • Identity Formation in Telugu India
    • Appendix 1A Notes on Identity
      • Identity as the Operative Discourse on the Self
      • Caste and Identity
    • Appendix 1B Notes on Nationalism
      • Why Nationalism?
      • Provisional Starting Points
      • Subaltern Studies: Problems in Progress
  • 2 Resolving Boundary Disputes: Circumambulating New Identities
    • [Intro]
    • The Workings of Village Boundary Disputes
    • Beneath These Disputes Surrounding the Boundary
    • Strategies for Proposing Boundaries
    • The Extent of Colonial Influence in Making Boundaries
    • Articulating a Village Identity
    • Later Boundary Dispute Resolution
    • Appendix 2A Supplemental Boundary Materials
      • Boundary Markers Contemporary Village Markers
        • [Intro]
        • Villages
        • District Boundary Markers: Krishna / Khammam
        • Markers in General
      • Affidavit
      • Boundary Markers Paddy Fields
  • 3 Petitions, Petitioners, and the Petitioned: Developing Categories through Official Languages of the Self
    • [Intro]
    • Me and My Government: Petitions as Indicators of Changing Relationships
    • The Place of the Petition within the Archives
    • Varying Functions for the Petition
    • The Uses of Naming in the Context of the Petition
    • Coming Full Cycle
    • When the Petition Did Not Work
    • One Conclusion for the Petition
    • Appendix 3A Proceedings Relating to the Use of "Native" Terms
  • 4 Making Caste in Nineteenth-Century India: A History of Telling the Bobbili Katha and Velama Identity
    • [Intro]
    • 1757: The Events as Historians Have Rendered Them
    • Regarding the Relationship between an Event and Its Story: 1757 and Beyond
    • Beyond 1757: From Historiography to Folklore
    • Narrative in the Epic
      • Beri Komatis
      • The Killing Narrative
      • The "Typing" of and "Pointing" to Characters in the Katha
    • Contextualizing the Bobbili Katha within Telugu Oral Narrative
    • Beyond an Oral Narrative Tradition: The Colonial Archive and Two References to the Events at Bobbili
    • To the Twentieth-Century Printed Version of the Bobbili Narrative: The Pedda Bobbili Raja Katha
    • Narrative in the Book
    • Bussy in the Book
    • The Final Battle and the Ultimate Differences between Manuscript and Book
    • The Conclusion of Narrative and the Creation of Velama
    • Epilogue
    • Appendix 4A Supplemental Materials: Contemporary Bobbili and Vizianagaram
    • Appendix 4B Supplemental Materials: Making Caste in Nineteenth-Century India: A History of Telling the Bobbili Katha and Velama Identity
      • Text
      • Film/Video
      • Images
  • 5 Weavers of Coastal Andhra
    • [Intro]
    • Introduction
    • Weaver Definitions and Defining Weavers The "System" and the Representation of Weaver Complaints
    • Weaver Actions and Articulations Antitax Protest and the Stakes in Being a Weaver
    • The Moturpha and the Company's Quandary—It Was Relatively Insignificant
    • Weavers Acted on These Moturpha Negotiations
    • Further Forms of Weaver Protest: Indictments of the System and (Mis)understandings of Those Protests
    • Coming to Terms with the Term Weaver
    • Vestiges of the "Weaver" Category Historiography
    • From Colonizing to Orientalizing Handloom Textile Production
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix 5A: Comparison of English and French Prices Paid for Cloth in 1795
    • Appendix 5B Supplemental Materials: Weavers of Coastal Andhra
      • Three Pages from the 1891 Census of the Madras Presidency Relating to “Weaver Castes”
      • Contemporary Images of Textile Workers
        • [Intro]
        • Mangalagiri
        • Pedana
        • Uppada
        • Penuganchiprólu
      • Transcription of a Report on Problems with the "Cobdar System" at Vizagapatam, 1818
      • Styles from Selected Textile Centers
      • Remains from Selected Factory Towns Throughout Coastal Andhra
        • [Intro]
        • Bhimilipatnam
        • Vizagapatam
        • The Machilipatnam (Bandar) Fort
        • Nagaluvancha
        • The Collector's Residence
        • The Collectorate
        • Moglaturu
      • Kharidar Petitions
  • Conclusion
    • [Intro]
    • Appendix 6A Statues and the Case of False Unities
      • [Intro]
      • Hyderabad
      • Gateways Modeled After the Gates Erected at Warangal
      • Visakhapatnam
  • Video
    • Bobbili Yuddham (The Bobbili War), an Indian film of the 1950's
    • A Performance of the Bobbili Katha
      • The February 9th, 2001, Performance of the Bobbili Katha
      • The Troupe that Sang the Bobbili Katha on the 9th of February, 2001
    • Contemporary Weaver Video
  • Archive
    • Additional Text Resources
    • Sample Petitions
      • Kharidar Petitions
      • Sample Petitions sent to C.P. Brown
    • Sumati Satakam Versions
      • Images of Palm Leaf Sumati Satakam Verse
      • Larger Collection of Verses from One Palm-leaf Version of the Sumati Satakam
      • Selected Verses from Charles Philip Brown's 1832 Rendering of the Sumati Satakam
      • Full Transcription of One Palm-leaf Version of the Sumati Satakam in Telugu
  • Maps
    • The Coastal Districts of Andhra Pradesh
    • Additional Maps for Chapter 4 Making Caste in Nineteenth-Century India
    • Additional Maps for Chapter 5 Weavers of Coastal Andhra
    • Historical Maps
  • Notes
    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Resolving Boundary Disputes: Circumambulating New Identities
    • 3 Petitions, Petitioners, and the Petitioned: Developing Categories through Official Languages of the Self
    • 4 Making Caste in Nineteenth-Century India: A History of Telling the Bobbili Katha and Velama Identity
    • 5 Weavers of Coastal Andhra
    • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
    • Selected Manuscript Collections
    • Archival Materials
    • Printed Telugu Sources
    • Other Sources
  • Links
  • About the Author

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Statue of Táníshá.

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This Paturu (near Nellore) sari is distintive for its use of embroidered patterns throughout the body of the sari, and for its relatively unadorned pallu.

This Paturu (near Nellore) sari is distintive for its use of embroidered patterns throughout the body of the sari, and for its relatively unadorned pallu.

This Paturu (near Nellore) sari is distintive for its use of embroidered patterns throughout the body of the sari, and for its relatively unadorned pallu.

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Southeast India: 1890 Map

Southeast India: 1890 Map

Southeast India: 1890 Map

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Inscription (author's translation): "A ruler in the lineage of Asaf Jahi who always cared for the poor."

Inscription (author's translation): "A ruler in the lineage of Asaf Jahi who always cared for the poor."

Inscription (author's translation): "A ruler in the lineage of Asaf Jahi who always cared for the poor."

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AHR 108.5 (Dec. 2003) http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/108.5/br_20.html
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