| Description |
1 online resource (141 pages) |
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Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
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Literary criticism and cultural theory.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Transporting the Subject: The Fiction of Nationality in an Era of Transnationalism; Chapter Two World Borders, Political Borders in Naipaul's Among the Believers; Chapter Three Transnationalism as Hybridization in Rushdie's The Satanic Verses; Chapter Four Citizenship in a Transnational Age: Culture and Politics in Ghosh's The Shadow Lines; Chapter Five Place and the Politics of Identity in Desai's In Custody; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Focusing on the representation of South Asian life in the works of four Anglophone writers: V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and Anita Desai, Nyla Ali Khan presents a critical dialogue between these works and contemporary history. Exploring the intertwined topics of nationalism, transnationalism and fundamentalism, she addresses the disrupting and disorientating consequences of dislocation with questions such as: * Does a dislocation enable the regeneration of cultural forces? * Does transnationalism enable a reconstruction respectful of cultural differences? * Does transnationalism |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018. Among the believers.
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Desai, Anita, 1937- In custody
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Rushdie, Salman. Satanic verses.
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Ghosh, Amitav, 1956- Shadow lines
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| SUBJECT |
Satanic verses (Rushdie, Salman) fast |
| Subject |
Indic fiction (English) -- History and criticism
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Nationalism and literature -- English-speaking countries
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East Indians -- Foreign countries -- Intellectual life
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Transnationalism.
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Globalization in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Globalization in literature
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Indic fiction (English)
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Nationalism and literature
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Transnationalism
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English-speaking countries
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135923044 |
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1135923043 |
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