| Description |
viii, 131 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: -- AcknowledgementsList of abbreviations 1. Introducing Re-Orientalism Theory and Discourse in Indian Writing in English (IWE) 2. The Re-orientalising Strategy of the Unreliable Narrator 3. Reverse Orientalism and Whimsy 4. Urban India Re-Orientalised 5. Commodification and Re-OrientalismConclusion |
| Summary |
"This book examines the developing roles and practices of re-Orientalism in contemporary Indian writing in English. Re-Orientalism theory has grown exponentially in the 21st century, and developed a discourse of its own, as well as novel, strategic processes and practices. It takes a leaf out of Orientalism as practiced by the West, but builds upon Orientalist frameworks and narrative devices. This study focuses on different and novel forms of re-Orientalism strategies currently being deployed in social realism fiction, such as the increasing use of unreliable narrator, reverse Orientalism, and the role of whimsy, as well as re-Orientalism in the depiction of urban India. This book also looks at the commodification enabled by re-Orientalism within the publishing industry, in India and in the West, and how the deployment of such impacts upon the representation and understanding of contemporary Indian identity, culture, and literature"-- Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Indic literature (English) -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Orientalism in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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| Author |
Dwivedi, O. P. (Om Prakash)
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| LC no. |
2014034500 |
| ISBN |
9781137401557 (hardback) |
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1137401559 (hardback) |
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