| Description |
xv, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; v. 17 |
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Brill's Indological library. 0925-2916 ; v. 17
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Pattern of Settlement -- I. Identity and the Urban Setting : The Moral and Material Supports of Community -- II. Identity and the Institution: A Punehayet for the Parsis -- III. The Challenge to Identity: The Parsi Boys' Conversion Case -- IV. Identity and Social Reform -- V. Identity and the Law -- VI. Identity and Political Nationalism -- Epilogue: Identity and the Present-Day Parsis |
| Summary |
"This book examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing key points in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis' history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city." "Ample attention is given to the Parsis' evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook." "Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British colonialism, Indian society and history, and, last but not least, Zoroastrianism, this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-354) and index |
| Subject |
Parsees -- Ethnic identity.
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Zoroastrians -- India -- Mumbai -- History.
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| LC no. |
00069779 |
| ISBN |
9004121145 alkaline paper |
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