Aufsatz(elektronisch)#1September 2009
Ai raggi del sole di York. Mito, statualitŕ e politica imperiale nel nord-ovest indiano. Il caso del Baluchistan (1870-1914)
In: Futuribili, Heft 2, S. 228-247
ISSN: 1972-5191
- Language is a powerful tool for the creation and dissemination of myths. In this regard the Indian subcontinent was one of the places in which the British Empire wielded this tool with the greatest force. The mythical-symbolic construction of the tribal "nobility" of the proto-state of Kalat is a clear example of how that dynamic interfered with the local power structure.
