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Gender and Criminality in Bangla Crime Narratives
Shampa Roy
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JKV; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book examines diverse literary writings in Bangla related to crime in late nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Bengal, with a timely focus on gender. It analyses crime-centred fiction and non-fiction in the region to see how actual or imagined crimes related to women were shaped and fashioned into images and narratives for contemporary genteel readers. The writings have been examined within a social-historical context where gender was a fiercely contested terrain for publicly fought debates on law, sexual relations, reform, and identity as moulded by culture, class, and caste. Both canonized literary writings (like those of Bankim Chatterji) ... Read more
This book examines diverse literary writings in Bangla related to crime in late nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Bengal, with a timely focus on gender. It analyses crime-centred fiction and non-fiction in the region to see how actual or imagined crimes related to women were shaped and fashioned into images and narratives for contemporary genteel readers. The writings have been examined within a social-historical context where gender was a fiercely contested terrain for publicly fought debates on law, sexual relations, reform, and identity as moulded by culture, class, and caste. Both canonized literary writings (like those of Bankim Chatterji) ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137515971
SKU
V9781137515971
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About Shampa Roy
Dr. Shampa Roy is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Miranda House, University of Delhi, India. Roy has published on varied subjects ranging from the problems of postcolonial pedagogy to Victorian memsahibs’ writings. Her recent research interests focus on nineteenth century Bangla writings and crime fictions.
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