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Indian Boardgames, Colonial Avatars
Transculturation, Colonialism and Boardgames
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Souvik Mukherjee
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
How did an Indian game meant to teach the process of rebirth change into the children’s race-game, Snakes and Ladders? Why does the Bengali language use Dutch loan-words for the suits of cards? How do the rules of Chess change in India and Europe? The answers to these and other related questions can be obtained after examining in depth the relationship of colonialism to boardgames. Focusing on Indian boardgames and their European versions, this book explores how the Empire’s games has had a signal effect on identity and culture in the formerly colonized countries of the Global South.
Author / Editor information
Souvik Mukherjee, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, India.
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eBook
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eBook ISBN:
9783110758627
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Hardcover ISBN:
9783110758467
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
250
Coloured Illustrations:
10
eBook ISBN:
9783110758627
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110758467
Audience(s) for this book
Historian focussing on colonial India
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