Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 599 g
Reihe: Cross/Cultures
Writing, Nation and Communalism
Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 599 g
Reihe: Cross/Cultures
ISBN: 978-90-420-1927-0
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi
The essays collected in Alternative Indias break new ground in studies of Indian literature and film by discussing how key authors offer contending, ‘alternative’ visions of India and how poetry, fiction and film can revise both the communal and secular versions of national belonging that define current debates about ‘Indianness’. Including contributions from international scholars distinguished in the field of South Asian literary studies, and featuring an informative introduction charting the parallel developments of writing, the nation and communal consciousness, Alternative Indias offers a fresh perspective on the connections and discontinuities between culture and politics in the world’s biggest democracy.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgements
Peter MOREY and Alex TICKELL: Introduction
Anshuman A. MONDAL: The Limits of Secularism and the Construction of Composite National Identity in India
Alex TICKELL: The Discovery of Aryavarta: Hindu Nationalism and Early Indian Fiction in English
Elleke BOEHMER: “First Realise Your Need”: Manju Kapur’s Erotic Nation
Shirley CHEW: “Cutting Across Time”: Memory, Narrative, and Identity in Shashi Deshpande’s Small Remedies
Amina YAQIN: The Communalization and Disintegration of Urdu in Anita Desai’s In Custody
Ashok BERY: “Reflexive Worlds”: The Indias of A.K. Ramanujan
Peter MOREY: Communalism, Corruption and Duty in Rohinton Mistry’s Family Matters
Sujala SINGH: The Routes of National Identity in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines
Ralph J. CRANE: Inscribing a Sikh India: An Alternative Reading of Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan
Sharmila SEN: No Passports, No Visas: The Line of Control Between India and Pakistan in Contemporary Bombay Cinema
Afterword
Contributors
Index