When Was Subalterns Written?

Subaltern Studies

Subaltern Studies
Subaltern Studies emerged around 1982 as a series of journal articles published by Oxford University Press in India. A group of Indian scholars trained in the west wanted to reclaim their history. ... The primary leader was Ranajit Guha who had written works on peasant uprisings in India.
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emerged around 1982 as a series of journal articles published by Oxford University Press in India.

What is subaltern approach history?

Subaltern is a word used by the British army to denote a subordinate officer, and “subaltern studies” was coined by Indian scholars to describe a variety of approaches to the situation of South Asia, in particular in the colonial and postcolonial era.

Who are subalterns in India?

Since the 1970s, the term subaltern denoted the colonized peoples of the Indian subcontinent, imperial history told from below, from the perspective of the colonised peoples, rather than from the perspective of the colonisers from Western Europe.

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