| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 80 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I; 'Women of Colour' Feminism and Post-9/11 Ethnic Identity in the Poetic Discourse of Arab-American Women Writers; War, Rebellion, and the Crisis of Un-belonging; 18th Century Women Travel Writers; The Voice of Rebellion in the Poetry of Umpierre through a Queer Lens; Space, the Fifth Pillar of Feminist Literary Criticism; Part II; Feminism in the Time of Neo-Liberal Women Empowerment; Indo-Oriental Tantra in the West-From Knowledge to Commodity; Colonial Modernity, Formation of the Nation-State and Tribal Identity |
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Mapping Madness when the Moon SmilesNew Middle Classes in Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger; Part III; Revisting Edna St. Vincent Millay, the Forgotten Authoress who Marked a Generation; Fairy Tales and 'Constraints of Structures'; From Damsels-in-Distress to Indomitable Rebels; Mahasweta Devi's Imaginary Maps; Refiguring of Sita; Part IV; Raped, Mutilated, and Murdered; From Connoisseurs of Art to Victims of Flesh-Trade; Reading the Politics of Body through Films about the "Dirty War" in Argentina |
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Reclaiming the Vagina through Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Responses in Indian AdaptationsReading Nidia Díaz' Prison Diary as Embodied Matter through Karen Barad's New Materialism; Contributors |
| Summary |
As the outcome of an international conference held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, this book provides a collection of productive texts on, and novel critical approaches to, comparative literature for young scholars. The wide range of analytical approaches employed here allow for the opening up of texts to new readings. The contributions here encompass readings of cinema, advertisements and literary representations, such as novels, poems and short stories, and are pertinent for scholars in media studies, cultural studies, gender studies, sociology and literature. As a commentary on conte |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 22, 2019) |
| Subject |
Comparative literature -- Congresses
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Gender identity -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Comparative literature
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Gender identity
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mukherjee, Indrani, editor.
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Singh, Java, editor
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| ISBN |
9781527534124 |
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152753412X |
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