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The Parsis of India
Jesse Palsetia
其他書名
Preservation of Identity in Bombay City
出版BRILL, 2021-11-22
主題History / Asia / GeneralHistory / Middle East / GeneralArt / Asian / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / ReferenceLiterary Criticism / General
ISBN90044912799789004491274
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nBlREAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The Parsis of India examines a much-neglected area of Asian Studies. In tracing keypoints in the development of the Parsi community, it depicts the Parsis’ history, and accounts for their ability to preserve, maintain and construct a distinct identity. For a great part the story is told in the colonial setting of Bombay city.
Ample attention is given to the Parsis’ evolution from an insular minority group to a modern community of pluralistic outlook.
Filling the obvious lacunae in the literature on British colonialism, Indian society and history, and, last but not least, Zoroastrianism, this book broadens our knowledge of the interaction of colonialism and colonial groups, and elucidates the significant role of the Parsis in the commercial, educational, and civic milieu of Bombay colonial society.