Thesis
Cultural intermediaries in a colonial city: the Parsis of Bombay, c. 1860-1921
- Abstract:
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This dissertation traces a series of cultural negotiations through which the Parsis, a community of ethnic Zoroastrians, fashioned themselves into ‘modern’ citizens in the setting of colonial Bombay. It examines the ways Parsis negotiated change in a number of personal spheres such as their dress, deportment, dining and domesticity as well as the ways the community managed internal groupings such as Persian Zoroastrian refugees and the Parsi poor in the landscape of Bombay. It proposes tha...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2015
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:12476
- Deposit date:
- 2016-05-24
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- Copyright holder:
- Patel, S
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available via ORA.
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