Title the Cold War Poetics of Muktibodh: a Study of Hindi Internationalism, 1943-1964
UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title The Cold War Poetics of Muktibodh: a Study of Hindi Internationalism, 1943-1964 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/16r585zd Author Goulding, Gregory Young Publication Date 2015 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California e Cold War Poetics o“ Muktibodhś a Study o“ indi Internationalism, 1Ś43-1Ś64 bffl Gregorffl Yoffng Gofflding A dissertation sffbmited in partial satisfaction of the reqffirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophffl in Soffth and Sofftheast Asian Stffdies and the Designated Emphasis in Critical heorffl in the Gradffate Difiision of the Unifiersitffl of California, Berṭeleffl Commitee in chargeś Professor Vasffdha Dalmia, Chair Professor Robert Kafffman Professor Laflrence Cohen Professor Michael Mascffch Professor Vasffdha Paramasifian Fall 2015 e Cold War Poetics o“ Muktibodhś a Study o“ indi Internationalism, 1Ś43-1Ś64 Copfflright 2015 bffl Gregorffl Yoffng Gofflding 1 Abstract The Cold War Poetics of Muktibodh: a Study of Hindi Internationalism, 19431964 by Gregory Young Goulding Doctor of Philosophy in South and Southeast Asian Studies Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory University of California, Berkeley Professor Vasudha Dalmia, Chair My dissertation deals with the poetry, short fiction, and critical writing of Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (19171964). In my dissertation I argue that Muktibodh's work—in spite of or even because of its conscious affiliation to a Marxist idea of international revolution and progress—presents a critique of postcolonial modernity rooted in the experience of the postIndependence middle class. Through an account of the ways in which his writings were able to bring into poetic life a range of issues—not least the imagination of an alternative globality in the wake of Indian independence—a picture emerges of the hopes and anxieties of an emerging lower middle class beginning to speak on a global stage.
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