| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'India is Indira': Fictionalising Indira Gandhi's Politics, the Emergency and Nationalism; 'Gendering' the Nation: Literary Representations of Contemporary Sri Lankan Politics; The Politics of Liberation: Resistance and After in Literary Texts of Bangladesh; Islam, Politics and Marginal Groups: Representation of Zia-ul-Haq's Regime in Literature; Conclusion; References and Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
While postcolonial creative writing in English has come of age in South Asia, scholarly examination of this rich body of writing has remained largely confined to the narrow domain of literary criticism. This unusual and well-written book instead foregrounds issues relating to identity, nationalism and gender in contemporary literary writing. To do so, the author has analysed select works which are located within and grapple with four recent periods which have played a significant role in refashioning the nations in the region: the Emergency in India; the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka; the seces. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
South Asian literature (English) -- History and criticism.
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South Asian literature (English) |
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Nationalism in literature.
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Nationalism in literature. |
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Nationalism -- South Asia.
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Nationalism. |
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South Asia. |
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Gender identity in literature.
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Gender identity in literature. |
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Gender identity -- South Asia.
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Gender identity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Gender identity. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Silva, Neluka. Gendered nation. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2004 (DLC) 2003026517 (OCoLC)53900254 |
| ISBN |
9788132103172 (electronic book) |
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8132103173 (electronic book) |
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076193202X (US ; hardback) |
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9780761932024 (US ; hardback) |
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8178293196 (India ; hardback) |
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9788178293196 (India ; hardback) |
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0761932038 (US ; paperback) |
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9780761932031 (US ; paperback) |
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817829320X (India ; paperback) |
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9788178293202 (India ; paperback) |
