Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children
Euro-American misrepresentations of the non-West in general, and in particular on Hinduism and ancient India, run deep and have far greater colonial connections than that have been exposed in academia. This book analyzes the psycho-social consequences that Indian American children face after they ar...
में बचाया:
| मुख्य लेखकों: | , |
|---|---|
| स्वरूप: | Online |
| भाषा: | अंग्रेज़ी |
| प्रकाशित: |
Springer Nature
2024
|
| विषय: | |
| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | ONIX_20240523_9783031576270_25 |
| टैग: |
कोई टैग नहीं, इस रिकॉर्ड को टैग करने वाले पहले व्यक्ति बनें!
|
| _version_ | 1869521349497585664 |
|---|---|
| author | Singh, Kundan Maheshwari, Krishna |
| author_browse | Maheshwari, Krishna Singh, Kundan |
| author_facet | Singh, Kundan Maheshwari, Krishna |
| author_sort | Singh, Kundan |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | Euro-American misrepresentations of the non-West in general, and in particular on Hinduism and ancient India, run deep and have far greater colonial connections than that have been exposed in academia. This book analyzes the psycho-social consequences that Indian American children face after they are exposed to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. The authors show that there is an intimate connection—an almost exact correspondence—between James Mill’s colonial-racist discourse and the current school-textbook discourse. The very parameters and coordinates on which James Mill constructed the discourse are the ones that are being used to describe Hinduism, Hindus, and ancient India in the textbooks currently. Consequently, this archaic and racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces in the Indian American children a psychological impact quite similar to what racism is known to produce: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon similar to racelessness where the children dissociate from the tradition and culture of their ancestors. This book argues that the current school textbook discourse on Hinduism and India needs to change so that the Indian American children do not become victims of overt and covert racism. For the change to occur, the first step is to recognize the overarching and pervasive influence of the colonial-racist discourse of James Mill on the textbooks. For the reconstruction of the discourse to take place, the first step is to engage in a thorough deconstruction, which is what the book attempts. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-138272 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2024 |
| publishDateRange | 2024 |
| publishDateSort | 2024 |
| publisher | Springer Nature |
| publisherStr | Springer Nature |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1382722025-07-18T09:45:55Z Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children Singh, Kundan Maheshwari, Krishna Indian American children Hinduism India studies Postcolonial Theory Binary Theorems James Mill Fanon Memmi Indian history Decolonization of education Textbook thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRD Hinduism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRD Hinduism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism Euro-American misrepresentations of the non-West in general, and in particular on Hinduism and ancient India, run deep and have far greater colonial connections than that have been exposed in academia. This book analyzes the psycho-social consequences that Indian American children face after they are exposed to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. The authors show that there is an intimate connection—an almost exact correspondence—between James Mill’s colonial-racist discourse and the current school-textbook discourse. The very parameters and coordinates on which James Mill constructed the discourse are the ones that are being used to describe Hinduism, Hindus, and ancient India in the textbooks currently. Consequently, this archaic and racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces in the Indian American children a psychological impact quite similar to what racism is known to produce: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon similar to racelessness where the children dissociate from the tradition and culture of their ancestors. This book argues that the current school textbook discourse on Hinduism and India needs to change so that the Indian American children do not become victims of overt and covert racism. For the change to occur, the first step is to recognize the overarching and pervasive influence of the colonial-racist discourse of James Mill on the textbooks. For the reconstruction of the discourse to take place, the first step is to engage in a thorough deconstruction, which is what the book attempts. 2024-05-24T04:11:57Z 2024-05-24T04:11:57Z 2024-05-23T07:47:31Z 2024 book ONIX_20240523_9783031576270_25 OCN: 1432498068 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90435 9783031576270 9783031576263 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/138272 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90435/1/978-3-031-57627-0.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90435/1/978-3-031-57627-0.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90435/1/978-3-031-57627-0.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-57627-0 10.1007/978-3-031-57627-0 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a 9783031576270 9783031576263 Palgrave Macmillan 259 Cham open access |
| spellingShingle | Indian American children Hinduism India studies Postcolonial Theory Binary Theorems James Mill Fanon Memmi Indian history Decolonization of education Textbook thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRD Hinduism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRD Hinduism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism Singh, Kundan Maheshwari, Krishna Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children |
| title | Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children |
| title_full | Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children |
| title_fullStr | Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children |
| title_short | Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children |
| title_sort | colonial discourse and the suffering of indian american children |
| topic | Indian American children Hinduism India studies Postcolonial Theory Binary Theorems James Mill Fanon Memmi Indian history Decolonization of education Textbook thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRD Hinduism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRD Hinduism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism |
| topic_facet | Indian American children Hinduism India studies Postcolonial Theory Binary Theorems James Mill Fanon Memmi Indian history Decolonization of education Textbook thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRD Hinduism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRD Hinduism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism |
| url | ONIX_20240523_9783031576270_25 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT singhkundan colonialdiscourseandthesufferingofindianamericanchildren AT maheshwarikrishna colonialdiscourseandthesufferingofindianamericanchildren |