Interpreting Homes in South Asian Literature

Interpreting Homes in South Asian Literature
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Publisher : Pearson Education India
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 8131706370
ISBN-13 : 9788131706374
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Synopsis Interpreting Homes in South Asian Literature by : Malashri Lal

Contributed articles.

South Asian Atlantic Literature, 1970-2010

South Asian Atlantic Literature, 1970-2010
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9780748653867
ISBN-13 : 0748653864
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis South Asian Atlantic Literature, 1970-2010 by : Ruth Maxey

Tracing a literary lineage for works from different genres, it identifies key trends in recent South Asian American and British Asian literature by considering the favoured formal and aesthetic modes of major writers and by relating their work to differen

Global South Asia

Global South Asia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9781000537833
ISBN-13 : 1000537838
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Global South Asia by : Madhurima Chakraborty

This book collects essays that take on the excavatory, critical, and generative work of rethinking the relationship between South Asia and the world. In examining what kind of new relationships are uncovered between these two geopolitical groupings, the chapters in this book argue that South Asian literature and literary criticism can reframe the common narrative of the powerful Global North and a disenfranchised Global South. This is not always a comforting reframing since it must account for the oppressive roles that South Asian nations sometimes play in regional and intranational theatres. Through myriad disciplinary groundings, theoretical approaches, and objects of study, the essays in this book collectively argue that South Asian literature allows us to think more critically about both the liberatory possibilities of South Asia as a grouping (of nations but also of ideas and aesthetics) as well as the elisions that may happen under such categorization. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the South Asia Review.

Mapping South Asian Masculinities

Mapping South Asian Masculinities
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781317494621
ISBN-13 : 1317494628
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Mapping South Asian Masculinities by : Chandrima Chakraborty

This book offers the first substantial critical examination of men and masculinities in relation to political crises in South Asian literatures and cultures. It employs political crisis as a frame to analyze how South Asian men and masculinities have been shaped by critical historical events, events which have redrawn maps and remapped or unmapped bodies with different effects. These include colonialism, anti-colonialism, state formations, civil wars, religious conflicts, and migration. Political crisis functions as a framing device to offer nuances and clarifications to the assumed visibility of male bodies and male activities during political crisis. The focus on masculinities in historical moments of crisis divests masculinity of its naturalization and calls for a heterogeneous conceptualization of the everyday practices and experiences of ‘being a man.’ Written by scholars from a variety of theoretical perspectives and disciplinary approaches, and drawing on a range of written and visual texts, this book contributes to this recent rethinking of South Asian literary and cultural history by engaging masculinity as a historicized category of analysis that accommodates an understanding of history as differentiated encounters among bodies, cultures, and nations. This book was originally published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.

The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature

The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 757
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ISBN-10 : 9781316368459
ISBN-13 : 1316368459
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature by : Rajini Srikanth

The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature presents a comprehensive history of the field, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the present day. It offers an unparalleled examination of all facets of Asian American writing that help readers to understand how authors have sought to make their experiences meaningful. Covering subjects from autobiography and Japanese American internment literature to contemporary drama and social protest performance, this History traces the development of a literary tradition while remaining grounded in current scholarship. It also presents new critical approaches to Asian American literature that will serve the needs of students and specialists alike. Written by leading scholars in the field, The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature will not only engage readers in contemporary debates but also serve as a definitive reference for years to come.

Thematizations of the Goddess in South Asian Cinema

Thematizations of the Goddess in South Asian Cinema
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781527591233
ISBN-13 : 1527591239
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Thematizations of the Goddess in South Asian Cinema by : Anway Mukhopadhyay

This collection presents cross-disciplinary explorations of the tropes, themes and representational frameworks constellating around the figure of the Goddess in South Asian cinema. It critically approaches the Goddess theme in various genres of South Asian cinema, using analytical tools culled from gender studies, comparative cultural studies, and religious studies, as well as film semiotics. The films discussed here represent variegated thematizations of the Goddess across regions in South Asia, including Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and various geo-cultural locations in India. As the volume highlights the regional and politico-cultural differences and commonalities in representational schemes between South Asian films of different genres through the Goddess motif, it will appeal to scholars of film studies, South Asian studies and comparative religion, and will hold a special appeal for those interested in Goddess cultures and theology.

Film, Media and Representation in Postcolonial South Asia

Film, Media and Representation in Postcolonial South Asia
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9781000422573
ISBN-13 : 1000422577
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Film, Media and Representation in Postcolonial South Asia by : Nukhbah Taj Langah

This volume brings together new studies and interdisciplinary research on the changing mediascapes in South Asia. Focusing on India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, it explores the transformations in the sphere of cinema, television, performing arts, visual cultures, cyber space and digital media, beyond the traumas of the partitions of 1947 and 1971. Through wide-ranging essays on soft power, performance, film, and television; art and visual culture; and cyber space, social media, and digital texts, the book bridges the gap in the study of the postcolonial and post-Partition developments to reimagine South Asia through a critical understanding of popular culture and media. The volume includes scholars and practitioners from the subcontinent to foster dialogue across the borders, and presents diverse and in-depth studies on film, media and representation in the region. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of media and film studies, postcolonial studies, visual cultures, political studies, partition history, cultural studies, mass media, popular culture, history, sociology and South Asian studies, as well as to media practitioners, journalists, writers, and activists.

Partitioned Lives

Partitioned Lives
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Publisher : Pearson Education India
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 8131714160
ISBN-13 : 9788131714164
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Synopsis Partitioned Lives by : Anjali Gera Roy

Contributed articles chiefly with reference to India.

Being Bengali

Being Bengali
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781317818908
ISBN-13 : 1317818903
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Being Bengali by : Mridula Nath Chakraborty

Bengal has long been one of the key centres of civilisation and culture in the Indian subcontinent. However, Bengali identity – "Bengaliness" – is complicated by its long history of evolution, the fact that Bengal is now divided between India and Bangladesh, and by virtue of a very large international diaspora from both parts of Bengal. This book explores a wide range of issues connected with Bengali identity. Amongst other subjects, it considers the special problems arising as a result of the division of Bengal, and concludes by demonstrating that there are many factors which make for the idea of a Bengali identity.

Affect and Literature

Affect and Literature
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 473
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ISBN-10 : 9781108558303
ISBN-13 : 1108558305
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Affect and Literature by : Alex Houen

This book considers how 'affect', the experience of feeling or emotion, has developed as a critical concept within literary studies in different periods and through a range of approaches. Stretching from the classical to the contemporary, the first section of the book, 'Origins', considers the importance of particular areas of philosophy, theory, and criticism that have been important for conceptualizing affect and its relation to literature. Includes ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, eighteenth-century aesthetics, Marxist theory, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and postcolonial theory. The chapters of the second section, 'Developments', correspond to those of the previous section and build on their insights through readings of particular texts. The final 'Applications' section is focused on contemporary and future lines of enquiry, and revolves around a particular set of concerns: media and communications, capitalism, and an environment of affective relations that extend to ecology, social crisis, and war.