After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, France retained control of five scattered territories until 1962. Unsettling Utopia presents a new account of the history of twentieth-century French India to show how colonial projects persisted beyond formal decolonization.

Jessica Namakkal is associate professor of the practice in international comparative studies; gender, sexuality, and feminist studies; and history at Duke University.

Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction: On Minor Borders and Colonial Time
Part 1: Making
1. Carceral Borders: Exile, Surveillance, and Subversion
2. The Future of French India: Decolonization and Settlement at the Borders
3. Making the Postcolonial Subject: Goondas, Refugees, and Citizens
Part 2: Unmaking
4. Decolonial Crossings: Settlers, Migrants, Tourists
5. From the Ashram to Auroville: Utopia as Settlement
Conclusion: The Messiness of Colonialism
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index