| Description |
1 online resource (218 pages) |
| Contents |
Who is the subject in translation? -- Being cosmopolitan in nineteenth-century Calcutta: Toru Dutt (1856-1877) -- Being cosmopolitan in nineteenth-century Cairo: Mayy Ziyadah (1886-1941) -- The Maghrebi bard: Assia Djebar (1935-2015) -- The Mauritian bard: Ananda Devi (1957- ) -- Being a subject in translation |
| Summary |
"What does it mean to be an heir, as a woman writer, to colonial and postcolonial cultures in which European language has become so thoroughly ingrained? Examining women writers from India (Toru Dutt), Egypt (Mayy Ziyadah), Algeria (Assia Djebar), and Mauritius (Ananda Devi), White Tongue, Brown Skin sheds light on the essential double nature of the colonial experience. Maya Boutaghou's latest book-her first in English-treats colonialism as analogous to a disease, manifesting itself in symptoms of multilingualism and cultural pluralism. Boutaghou shows how violently imposed multilingualism engenders in the mind of the colonized subject a state of permanent self-translation between two or more languages with unequal political and emotional power. They must endure a plural perception of the self, defined by the restless movement of self-translation, which becomes reflected in a literary dynamic frequently overlooked or misunderstood by previous scholarship. Although the object is philosophical, this book is also deeply rooted in history. Understanding postcolonialism from below, as Boutaghou demonstrates, starts with an approach based on close readings in specific historical contexts"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 16, 2024) |
| Subject |
Dutt, Toru, 1856-1877 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ziyādah, Mayy -- Criticism and interpretation
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Djebar, Assia, 1936-2015 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Devi, Ananda -- Criticism and interpretation
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Language and languages in literature.
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Multilingualism and literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Women in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Literary criticism.
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Critiques littéraires.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2024010105 |
| ISBN |
0813952220 |
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9780813952222 |
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