Institutionalizing Colonial Identity: A Case Study On The Indian Partition

Author

Jamie Bodine, Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow

Date of Degree

2-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Program

Liberal Studies

Advisor

Tomohisa Hattori

Subject Categories

Other Sociology | Political Science | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Sociology

Keywords

Colonial, Electorate, Identity, India, Partition, Raj

Abstract

In 1947, the British colony of India was declared independent and emerged as two separate states, Pakistan and India. To examine this event, I ask what material cause(s) made possible the institutional separation between these two new states. To approach this question, I will review the process of political identity formation from the upheaval of 1857 to the 1947 partition. In so doing, I argue that the system of categorizing those who were under British colonial rule manufactured a particular set of political identities on the Indian subcontinent.

Recommended Citation

Bodine, Jamie, "Institutionalizing Colonial Identity: A Case Study On The Indian Partition" (2015). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/527