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Tag: Decolonisation

  • Worrying about the Field of the History of Emotions in Ireland – A report

    Worrying about the Field of the History of Emotions in Ireland – A report

    Sara Honarmand Ebrahimi Back in November, when the world was still in a relatively ‘normal’ state, I asked Dr Hannah Parker about the possibly of writing a report for the new History website concerning a series of events I was organising under the title, “Worrying about the Field of the History of Emotions in Ireland”.…

  • Gender, Nation and Decolonisation in Indian Cinema, 1947-1975

    Gender, Nation and Decolonisation in Indian Cinema, 1947-1975

    Lucy Inskip Cinema can help us to trace the process of decolonisation after 1947 in India. The direction of Indian cinema changed not only with independence but also in the decades that followed, while India’s post-independence modernity project wavered, especially during the cynicism and extra-parliamentary challenge of the 1970s. Whilst political commentary by cultural producers…