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Gonsalves, Peter.

Clothing for liberation : a communication analysis of Gandhi's swadeshi revolution / Peter Gonsalves - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010. - xxiii, 163 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gandhi the communicator -- Barthes: a Gandhian fashion system -- Turner: social drama in Gandhi's swadeshi revolution -- Goffman: Gandhi as performance manager of a nation -- A Gandhian approach to symbolisation.

ISBN: 9788132103103 (hardcover) 8132103106 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2010001069

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 --Political and social views.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Swadeshi movement.
Clothing and dress--Political aspects--History--India--20th century.
Khadi--Political aspects--History--India--20th century.
Communication in politics--History--India--20th century.
Symbolism in politics--History--India--20th century.
Social change--History--India--20th century.
Nationalism--History--India--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Economic policy.
India--Politics and government--1919-1947.

LC Class. No.: DS481.G3 / G5856 2010