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Remapping the Indian Postcolonial Canon: Remap, Reimagine and Retranslate
Nirmala Menon
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Hardback. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
This book critically examines the postcolonial canon, questioning both the disproportionate attention to texts written in English and their overuse in attempts to understand the postcolonial condition. The author addresses the non-representation of Indian literature in theory, and the inadequacy of generalizing postcolonial experiences and subjectivities based on literature produced in one language (English). It argues that, while postcolonial scholarship has successfully challenged Eurocentrism, it is now time to extend the dimensions beyond Anglophone and Francophone literatures to include literatures in other languages such as Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Tagalog, and Swahili.
This book critically examines the postcolonial canon, questioning both the disproportionate attention to texts written in English and their overuse in attempts to understand the postcolonial condition. The author addresses the non-representation of Indian literature in theory, and the inadequacy of generalizing postcolonial experiences and subjectivities based on literature produced in one language (English). It argues that, while postcolonial scholarship has successfully challenged Eurocentrism, it is now time to extend the dimensions beyond Anglophone and Francophone literatures to include literatures in other languages such as Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Tagalog, and Swahili.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137537973
SKU
V9781137537973
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99-15
About Nirmala Menon
Nirmala Menon is Professor of Literature at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India. Her research spans postcolonial literature and theory, digital humanities and translation studies, and open access academic publishing in India. Her most recent publications include Migrant Identities of Creole Cosmopolitans: Transcultural Narratives of Contemporary Postcoloniality (edited with Marika Preziuso, 2014). She has published her work in international ... Read more
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