The English Paradigm in India : Essays in Language, Literature and Culture /
This collection pulls together a wide range of perspectives to explore the possibilities and the boundaries of the paradigm of English studies in India. It examines national identity and the legacy of colonialism through a study of comparative and multi ethnic literature, education, English language...
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Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5332-0 |
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This collection pulls together a wide range of perspectives to explore the possibilities and the boundaries of the paradigm of English studies in India. It examines national identity and the legacy of colonialism through a study of comparative and multi ethnic literature, education, English language studies and the role ICT now plays in all of these fields. Contributors look at how the issue of identity can be addressed and understood through food studies, linking food, culture and identity. The volume also considers the timely and very relevant question of gender in Indian society, of the r |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVIII, 824 pages) |
ISBN: | 9789811053320 |
Index Number: | PN851 |
CLC: | I106 |
Contents: | Introduction -- Comparative Literature in India in the 21st Century -- Confronting the Canon Contrapuntally: the Example of Edward Said -- Debating, Challenging or Accepting Patriarchy? Assessing Indian Women s Role in Society and Creative Writing -- Social Imagination and Nation Image: Exploring the socio-cultural milieu in Regional Indian Short Stories Translated in English -- Idli, Dosai, Sambar, Coffee: Consuming Tamil Identity -- Curfewed Night in Elsinore: Vishal Bhardwaj s Haider -- Interrogating Gendered Spirituality in Phaniyamma and The Saga of South Kamrup -- Resisting Patriarchy |