'Modern day Kolkata and mimicry of England': revisiting colonial nostalgia

This paper explores the phenomenon of colonial nostalgia among middle-class and lower-middle-class residents in Kolkata and its surrounding suburbs - groups often overlooked in dominant discussions of postcolonial memory and urban identity. While nostalgia for the British Raj is typically associated...

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Published in:	Social identities Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 808 - 824
Main Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Ranjan, Ray, Avishek
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Routledge 02.11.2025 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Anglophones Anthropology British Raj Built environment Classroom communication Colonial nostalgia Colonialism Cultural capital Elites Ethnography Fluency hybridity Identity Imitation Kolkata Memory Middle class middle-class and lower-middle-class Indians mimicry Nationalism Negotiation Nostalgia Postcolonialism Rules Social norms Urban anthropology Urban areas
ISSN:	1350-4630, 1363-0296
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