Book review: Brewing resistance: Indian Coffee House and the emergency in postcolonial India by Kristin Victoria Magistrelli Plys

Badola, Anand (2021) Book review: Brewing resistance: Indian Coffee House and the emergency in postcolonial India by Kristin Victoria Magistrelli Plys. LSE Review of Books (30 Mar 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Brewing Resistance: Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India, Kristin Victoria Magistrelli Plys explores the Coffee House movement as a space of resistance or ‘autonomous zone’ that emerged to contest the authoritarian turn in India during the Emergency of 1975-77. This book is an important and timely reminder of the history of resistance that underscores the importance of tangible spaces in offering sites of protest against totalitarian regimes, writes Anand Badola. Brewing Resistance: Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India. Kristin Victoria Magistrelli Plys. Cambridge University Press. 2020.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	04 May 2021 14:12
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:02
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110072

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