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1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index. |
Contents |
1. Introduction: the culture of human rights -- 2. Atrocity, the trauma narrative and the victim-subject -- 3. The other victim: the survivor as witness and the work of testimony -- 4. The postcolonial bildungsroman, 'knowing subalternity' and the citizen-subject -- 5. Human rights, narrative and the sympathetic imagination -- 6. Conclusion: reading matters. |
Summary |
"This book examines the 'cultural apparatus' of human rights in India today. It unravels discourses of victimhood, oppression, suffering and witnessing through a study of autobiographies, memoirs, literature, reportage and media coverage, and documentaries. ... [It] emphasizes the need for an ethical turn to literary-cultural studies and a cultural turn to Human Rights studies"--Page 4 of cover |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Human rights -- India -- Personal narratives.
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Human rights. |
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India. |
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Personal narratives.
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Victims -- India -- Personal narratives.
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Victims. |
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Human rights in literature.
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Human rights in literature. |
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Human rights in mass media.
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Human rights -- India.
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India -- Social aspects.
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Human rights in mass media. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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Social aspects. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
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Electronic books.
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Personal narratives.
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Human rights. |
Added Title |
Cultural construction of human rights in India |
Other Form: |
Print version: Nayar, Pramod K. Writing wrongs 9780415529082 (OCoLC)794577064 |
ISBN |
9781317809081 (electronic book) |
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1317809084 (electronic book) |
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1315815923 (electronic book) |
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9781315815923 (electronic book) |
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9780415529082 |
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0415529085 |
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