The Past in the Present: The Weavers of Malegaon (original) (raw)

Economic and Political Weekly, 1996

Abstract

Does accessing the past enable a social group to formulate strategies for existence in contemporary times? Is it necessary that a social group actually indulge in disciplined historical inquiry? As it turns out the more common experience has been of groups creating and recreating a history for themselves without reference to the canons of historical research. Is this kind of reconstruction the more authentic? Does it allow the concerned group to establish greater dignity for itself in the present? This paper reports on some ...

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