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Lau, Lisa; Dwivedi, Om Prakash - Re-Orientalism and Indian Writing in English - 9781137401557 - V9781137401557
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Re-Orientalism and Indian Writing in English

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Description for Re-Orientalism and Indian Writing in English Hardback. At its most basic, re-Orientalism is defined as forms of Orientalism practiced and manifested by Orientals in representing the Orient. This book looks at the application and discourse of re-Orientalism in contemporary Indian and South Asian writing in English, particularly social realism fiction. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 329.
At its most basic, re-Orientalism is defined as forms of Orientalism practiced and manifested by Orientals in representing the Orient. This book looks at the application and discourse of re-Orientalism in contemporary Indian and South Asian writing in English, particularly social realism fiction.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
Number of Pages
131
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137401557
SKU
V9781137401557
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About Lau, Lisa; Dwivedi, Om Prakash
Lisa Lau is a Lecturer at Keele University, specializing in postcolonial theory and literature, South Asian writing in English, and gender studies. Her publications focus on diasporic South Asian literature, New Indian Women, and issues of power, class, representation and domesticity. She developed re-Orientalism theory, and in 2011 co-authored Re-Orientalism and South Asian Identity Politics: The Oriental Other Within. ... Read more

Reviews for Re-Orientalism and Indian Writing in English
“A timely piece of work. Not only does it survey key fiction texts which speak to and of post-millennial India, it raises theoretical issues of representation amidst the shifting landscape of writing and publishing in India, and the reception of such published material in the West. This theoretical positioning is the book’s most valuable component and it works at its ... Read more

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