Language, Literature, Culture and Cinema
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978-1-041-24742-5 (ISBN)
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This book presents thirty-three essays examining postcolonial literature, cultural studies, and literary pedagogy. Contributors analyze diverse literary traditions including Indian progressive poetry, Dalit autobiographies, African literature, and Caribbean writing. The volume explores themes of gender, identity, migration, and digital humanities while examining works by authors from Premchand to contemporary writers, besides which it also offers:
Comprehensive collection of 33 scholarly essays examining diverse aspects of postcolonial literature and cultural studies
Interdisciplinary approach covering Indian, African, Caribbean, and diasporic literary traditions
Critical analysis of progressive aesthetics, Dalit literature, and gender representation in contemporary writing
Examination of digital humanities and raciolinguistic perspectives in literary studies
Tribute volume featuring extensive analysis of Harish Narang's literary contributions and pedagogical philosophy
The book offers a special focus on Professor Harish Narang's literary contributions includes critical essays and an exclusive interview. With foreword by Kapil Kapoor, this collection offers comprehensive perspectives on literature, politics, and pedagogy in the contemporary global context.
This title has been co-published with Aakar Books. T&F does not sell or distrubute the print versions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Madhumita Chakraborty is Professor in the Department of English, Zakir Hussain Delhi College (Evening), University of Delhi, India. Her areas of interest include African Literatures in English, Media and Popular Culture, and Diaspora. Anuradha Ghosh is Professor in the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India. Her areas of interest include Literature, Cinema and the Allied Arts, Translation and Adaptation Studies, Literary Theory and Philosophy. Mukesh Ranjan is Professor in the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India. His areas of interest include Poetry, Literary Criticism and Theory, African Literature in English, Translation Studies, Postcolonialism, Indian Poetics and Intellectual Traditions.
Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction. I. On Reading Bhasha Literatures 1. Some Fire, Some Dew: Reading the Poetry of Pash, Dil and Shiv 2. Doodhnath Singh's 'Mai Ka Shok Geet': An Intervention into the Formation of New India and its Lessons for Emancipatory National Liberation Discourses Today 3. Progressive Aesthetics and the Discourse of Modernity: A Close Reading of Premchand's 'Kafan' and 'Thakur ka Kuan' 4. Poetry and Politics: Azad's Clarion Call 5. Rethinking Intellectual Responses to Colonial Education in India: Bhudeb Mukhopadhyaya — A Case Study II. Constructing 'India' from the Margins 6. The Umbilical Nature-Human Connect: Reading the Sarhul Festival Narratives 7. The Untouchable Goddess of Folklore: A Reading of Chandrasekhar Kambar's Karimayi 8. Gender and/in Nation: Examining the Collective Agency of Women in (Imagining) Meitei Community 9. Parsis of the Indian Subcontinent: A Close Study of Bapsi Sidhwa's An American Brat 10. Dalit Literature from Bengal: An Overview 11. Representation of Social Realities in Dalit Autobiographies III. On Reading Literature and the Allied Arts 12. The Choice of Language: Literary Production in a Minor Genre 13. Interrogating the Spatial Turn 14. Whitening Voices and Black Lives Matter: A Raciolinguistic Enquiry 15. Digital Avatar of Colonial Hegemony and How to Count in Indian Language Texts 16. The Fall of Superstardom: OTTs Platforms and the Lockdown Malayalam Movies 17. Partitioning Gender: Violence and Misgendering in Qissa: The Tale of a Legendary Ghost (2013) IV. On Reading Literatures of the Indian Diaspora 18. Luggage or Lineage? Examining Memories and Migrant Communities in M.G. Vassanji's The Gunny Sack and The Book of Secrets 19. Dynamics of Religion and Rituals: Reading Select Travelogues of V.S. Naipaul and M.G. Vassanji 20. A Trip Down the Memory Lane: A Sneak Peek into the Nostalgic Sentiments of Vassanji's Karsan Dargawala V. On Reading Literature in Comparative Terms 21. The Politics of Self-fashioning: A Comparative Study of Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen and Toni Morrison's Tar Baby 22. Marginal Voices and Othered Spaces: Short Stories by Bessie Head, Ama Ata Aidoo and M.M. Vinodini 23. Re-scripting a Feminine Landscape: The Poetry of Judith Wright and Kamala Das VI. Black Sensibilities in Literature and Cinema 24. Politics and African Literature: A Narrative of Struggles, Identity and Change 25. Performing Cultural Identities: Wole Soyinka's A Dance of the Forests and Death and the King's Horseman 26. Towards Alternative Histories and Filmmaking: Postcolonialism and Feminist Thoughts in Sembene Ousmane's Xala, and Black Girl 27. Exploring Identity, Gender and Empowerment in Bessie Head's When Rain Clouds Gather 28. Derek Walcott and His Predilection with Names VII. On the Writings of Harish Narang... 29. To Manto with Love from Harish Narang, Nandita Das and Ketan Mehta 30. Literature as History of 'Mentalities': Reading Harish Narang's Sunte The Sahar Hogi 31. On the 'Writings' of Harish Narang... VIII. Reflections 32. Creative Writing is an Ethical Question (Literature, Politics, Commitment and Pedagogy in the Age of Globalization) 33. In His Own Voice: An Interview with Professor Harish Narang IX. Afterword Language and Literature: A Language Teacher's Perspective. Contributors
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white; 16 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-041-24742-7 / 1041247427 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-041-24742-5 / 9781041247425 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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