Scholars@Duke
Jessica Namakkal

Jessica Namakkal

Associate Professor of the Practice of International Comparative Studies
International Comparative Studies
Ics Program, Box 90405, Durham, NC 27708-0405
Ics Program, 210-C East Duke Building, Durham, NC 27708-0405
Office hours Fall 2021

Weds 1-3pm  

Selected Publications

Unsettling Utopia

Book · December 31, 2021 Full text Cite

Unsettling Utopia The Making and Unmaking of French India

Book · June 22, 2021 After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, France retained control of five scattered territories until 1962. ... Cite

Editors’ introduction

Journal Article Radical History Review · January 1, 2020 Full text Cite

Decolonizing marriage and the family: The lives and letters of Ida, benoy, and Indira sarkar

Journal Article Journal of Women S History · January 1, 2019 This article takes up the issue of interracial marriage and interracial families during the time of decolonization to argue that, despite continued knowledge production on interracial social formations, interracial subjects continue to be obscured and marg ... Full text Open Access Cite

European dreams, Tamil land: Auroville and the paradox of a postcolonial Utopia

Journal Article Journal for the Study of Radicalism · January 1, 2012 Full text Cite

The Terror of Decolonization: Exploring French India's Goonda Raj

Journal Article Interventions: international journal of postcolonial studies Link to item Cite