The Indian Periodical Press and the Production of Nationalist Rhetoric

Considers the Indian periodical press as a key forum for the production of nationalist rhetoric. It argues that between the 1870s and 1910, the press was the place in which the notion of 'the public' circulated and where an expansive middle class, and even larger reading audience, was persuaded into believing it had force. "This book makes a case for considering the Indian periodical press as a key forum for the production of nationalist rhetoric. It argues that between the 1870s and 1910, the press was the place in which the notion of 'the public' circulated and where an expansive middle class, and even larger reading audience, was persuaded into believing it had force. Kamra shows that the increasingly antagonistic relationship between the press and colonial regime is where and how a nationalist public sphere first develops"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-35 The Verbal Culture of 1857 and the Politics of Fear....Pages 37-66 Law and the Periodical Press in the 1870s: A Culture of Complaint....Pages 67-98 Criminalizing Political Conversation: The 1891 Trial of the Bangavasi ....Pages 99-126 The “Infernal Machine” of Propaganda Literature: The Indian Press of 1907–10....Pages 127-154 Criminalizing Political Conversation: The Trial of the Pallichitra (1910)....Pages 155-177 Conclusion....Pages 179-186 Back Matter....Pages 187-236 This book makes a case for considering the Indian periodical press as a key forum for the production of nationalist rhetoric. Sukeshi Kamra shows that the increasingly antagonistic relationship between the press and colonial regime is where and how a nationalist public sphere first developed