InStereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ...In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of stereotypes in multiple South Asian contexts whether...more
9780231165969. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages...9780231165969. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 336. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Figures. Literature Now. In Stereotype confronts the importance of...more
An examination of alternate imaginaries of theglobalin post-millennium anglo...An examination of alternate imaginaries of the global in post-millennium anglophone African literature and the differing forms of agency that these imaginaries produce. Irony Agency and the Global Imaginary in Post-2000 Nigerian and Kenyan...more
This volume examines the idea of India as it emerges inthe writing of its ang...This volume examines the idea of India as it emerges in the writing of its anglophone elite post-2000. Drawing on a variety of genres including fiction histories non-fiction assessments - economic political and business - travel accounts and so on...more
Like many societies across the world the region of Awadh in North India has be...Like many societies across the world the region of Awadh in North India has been bilingual throughout its history. But literary histories of the region often indicate otherwise. In the early twentieth century colonists recodified literary histories...more
This edited volume moves the study of SouthAsia to the center of sociological...This edited volume moves the study of South Asia to the center of sociological analysis bringing together recent scholarship across sites in India Sri Lanka Nepal and Pakistan as well as in Ethiopia and the USA. This book situates the project of...more
Written inthe twelfth century the Naisadhiyacarita (The Adventures of Nala Ki...Written in the twelfth century the Naisadhiyacarita (The Adventures of Nala King of Nisadha) is a seminal Sanskrit poem beloved by South Asian literary communities for nearly a millennium. This volume introduces readers to the poem s author his...more
It s a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have...It s a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear such as markings highlighting slight damage to the cover minimal wear to the binding etc. but they will not affect the overall reading...more
Mixed Race Stereotypes inSouth African and American Literature examines the p...Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature examines the popular literary stereotype the tragic mulatto from a transnational perspective. Mafe considers the ways in which specific South African and American writers have used this...more
This volume examines the idea of India as it emerges inthe writing of its ang...This volume examines the idea of India as it emerges in the writing of its anglophone elite post-2000. Drawing on a variety of genres including fiction histories non-fiction assessments - economic political and business - travel accounts and so on...more
This edited volume moves the study of SouthAsia to the center of sociological...This edited volume moves the study of South Asia to the center of sociological analysis bringing together recent scholarship across sites in India Sri Lanka Nepal and Pakistan as well as in Ethiopia and the USA. This book situates the project of...more
This book examines representations of home inliterary and visual cultures in ...This book examines representations of home in literary and visual cultures in the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection brings together scholars working on literature film and photography with the aim of showcasing new research in a burgeoning...more
How can we talk about World Literature if we do not actually examine the world...How can we talk about World Literature if we do not actually examine the world as a whole? Research on World Literature commonly focuses on the dynamics of a western center and a southern periphery ignoring the fact that numerous literary...more
This book sustains and expands the new mobilities paradigm by focusing such th...This book sustains and expands the new mobilities paradigm by focusing such theoretical advances on South Asian scholarship. When it comes to analytical approaches to movement the mobilities turn has been tremendously provocative particularly in the...more
This book examines how the early twentieth-century Irish Renaissance (Irish Li...This book examines how the early twentieth-century Irish Renaissance (Irish Literary Revival) inspired the Chinese Renaissance (the May Fourth generation) of writers to make agentic choices and translingual exchanges. It sheds a new light on May...more