A historic book, Periodical Press and Colonial Modernity, written by Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Orissa Prof Sachidananda Mohanty has been released by the Oxford University Press (OUP).
OUP is a prestigious and renowned international publishing house. This is the 28th book of Prof Mohanty published by international publishing house.
Tracing the growth and decline of the Odia periodical press, the book explains its interface with colonial/alternative modernity in the region. It explores various aspects of two pioneering Odia magazines, the newspaper journal Utkal Dipika and the literary journal Utkal Sahitya. The book also reveals their economic and political bases, patronage systems, the cultural and ideological backgrounds of their editors.
It shows how the periodical press shaped ideas and the material culture of the region and, in turn, got metamorphosed by the play of
contemporary cultural and ideological forces.
Mohanty has done pioneering work in archival research and published extensively in the fields of British, postcolonial, gender, and translation studies.