Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 187 pages) |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I DWELLING IN THE ARCHIVE: HISTORICAL REPRESENTATIONS -- 1. Herstory: Nayantara Sahgal's Prison and Chocolate Cake / Rachel Bari -- 2. Producing Nation: Gender and the Idea of India / Etienne Rassendren -- 3. Where is "Home"? A Study of Taslima Nasreen's Homecoming and Asif Currimbhoy's The Refugee / Anju Jagpal -- 4. Scar(r)ed Women: Reading Fictional Representations of Women Afflicted by Insurgent Conflict / Mukuta Borah -- 5. Caught in the Crossfire of History: Social Reality of Postcolonial India in Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day / Narayan Jena -- SECTION II REFLECTIONS ON FEMINISM: CRITICAL DISCOURSES ON SELECT DOYENNES -- 6. Assertion of "Self": A Feminist Discourse in Manju Kapur's Difficult Daughters and A Married Woman / Sutapa Biswas -- 7. Deconstructing the Stereotypes: A Study of Jhumba Lahiri's "Unaccustomed Earth" and Ismat Chughtai's "The Quilt" / Gauri Mandapaka -- 8. Alienated Self: Ashima in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake / Poonam Pahuja -- 9. Between Silence and Scream: A Study of Violence Against Women in Manjula Padmanabhan's Lights Out / Anand Mahanand -- 10. Negotiating with Pluralities: Gender and Sexuality in Selected Novels of Shani Mootoo / Ashutosh Singh -- 11. Identity Crises in Namita Gokhale's Paro: Dreams of Passion / Meenakshi Saini -- SECTION III TRANSFERENCES: INTERROGATING WOMEN'S BODIES AND PSYCHES -- 12. Psychological Explorations: A Study of Anita Nair's Ladies Coupe / Prerna Jatav -- 13. Mahari Then and Now: Queering Performativity in Odissi / Paul Boyce -- 14. Feminism and the Gendered Body in Sarah Aboobackar's "Sahana": A Saga of Mute Agony / Shashikantha Koudur -- 15. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions: An Ecriture Feminine / Sarannya V. Pillai |
Summary |
Contemporary Women's Writing in India offers refreshing and comprehensive literary voices that address a broad range of issues in contemporary women's writing in India |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Indic literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Women and literature -- India
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Feminism and literature -- India
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Feminism and literature
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Indic literature (English) -- Women authors
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Women and literature
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India
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Gulati, Varun, editor
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Anoop, Mythili, editor
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LC no. |
2021677667 |
ISBN |
9781498502115 |
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1498502113 |
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9781498502115 |
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