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Author Nayar, Pramod K., author.

Title The Indian graphic novel : nation, history and critique / Pramod K. Nayar
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations
Contents Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Graphic Turn in Indian Writing in English -- 1. Graphic History -- 2. Urban Graphic -- 3. Cultural Graphics -- 4. Drawing (On) Other Histories -- 5. Graphic Satire Conclusion: The Graphic Narrative and Critical Literacy Bibliography -- Index
Summary "This book is a detailed study of the Indian graphic novel as a significant category of South Asian literature. It focuses on the genre's engagement with history, memory and cultural identity and its critique of the nation in the form of dissident histories and satire. Deploying a nuanced theoretical framework, the volume closely examines major texts such as The Harappa Files, Delhi Calm, Kari, Bhimayana, Gardener in the Wasteland, Pao Anthology, and authors and illustrators including Sarnath Banerjee, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Durgabai Vyam, Amrutha Patil, Srividya Natarajan and others. It also explores - using key illustrations from the texts - critical themes like contested and alternate histories, urban realities, social exclusion, contemporary politics, and identity politics. A major intervention in Indian writing in English, this volume will be of great importance to scholars and researchers of South Asian literature, cultural studies, art and visual culture, and sociology."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Graphic novels -- India -- History
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Graphic novels
SUBJECT India -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
Subject India
Genre/Form Electronic books
Comics (Graphic works)
History
Form Electronic book
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