Postcolonial Indian City-Literature

ISBN-13: 9781032232911 / Miękka / 2023 / 216 str.

Dibyakusum Ray

Opis

How is the city represented through literature from the post-colonies? This book looks for an answer to this question, by keeping its focus on India –from after Independence to the millennia.

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter I – The Rejecting: Emergence of the Urban Literature during the 1930-40s

Chapter II—The Realist: Nation Building, Social Realism and the Urban Grind of the 1950-60

Chapter III—The Belligerent: Emergency, Rebellion and the 1970s

Chapter IV—The Neoliberal: Commercial City, Diaspora and the (G)local, 1980-90

Chapter V—The Resistive: Millennial Urban and Resisting the Capital

Conclusion

O autorze

Dibyakusum Ray teaches English, Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab, India.