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Postcolonial Indian City-Literature: Policy, Politics and Evolution (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures)

Dibyakusum Ray

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Description:How is the city represented through literature from the post-colonies? This book looks for an answer to this question, by keeping its focus on India -from after Independence to the millennia. How does the urban space and the literature depicting it form a dialogue within? How have Indian cities grown in the past six decades, as well as the literature focused on it? How does the city-lit depart from organic realism to dissonant themes of 'reclamation'? Most importantly - who does the city (and its narratives) belong to?Through the juxtaposition of critical theories, urban studies and variant literary works by a wide range of Indian authors, this book is divided into four temporal phases: the nation-building of the 50-60s, the dictatorial 70s, the neoliberalization of the 80-90s and the early 2000s. Each section covers the dominant socio-political thematics of the time and its effect on urbanism along with historical data from various resources, followed by an analysis of contemporaneously significant literary works-- novel, short stories, plays, poetry and graphic novel. Each chapter comments on how literature frames real and imagined constructs and experiences of cities. To give the reader a more expansive idea of the complex nature of city-lit, the literary examples abound not only Indian Writings in English, but vernacular, cult-works as well with suitable translations.With its focus on philosophy, urban studies and a unique canon of literature, this book offers elements of critical discussion to researchers, emergent university disciplines and curious readers alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Postcolonial Indian City-Literature: Policy, Politics and Evolution (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures). To get started finding Postcolonial Indian City-Literature: Policy, Politics and Evolution (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: How is the city represented through literature from the post-colonies? This book looks for an answer to this question, by keeping its focus on India -from after Independence to the millennia. How does the urban space and the literature depicting it form a dialogue within? How have Indian cities grown in the past six decades, as well as the literature focused on it? How does the city-lit depart from organic realism to dissonant themes of 'reclamation'? Most importantly - who does the city (and its narratives) belong to?Through the juxtaposition of critical theories, urban studies and variant literary works by a wide range of Indian authors, this book is divided into four temporal phases: the nation-building of the 50-60s, the dictatorial 70s, the neoliberalization of the 80-90s and the early 2000s. Each section covers the dominant socio-political thematics of the time and its effect on urbanism along with historical data from various resources, followed by an analysis of contemporaneously significant literary works-- novel, short stories, plays, poetry and graphic novel. Each chapter comments on how literature frames real and imagined constructs and experiences of cities. To give the reader a more expansive idea of the complex nature of city-lit, the literary examples abound not only Indian Writings in English, but vernacular, cult-works as well with suitable translations.With its focus on philosophy, urban studies and a unique canon of literature, this book offers elements of critical discussion to researchers, emergent university disciplines and curious readers alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Postcolonial Indian City-Literature: Policy, Politics and Evolution (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures). To get started finding Postcolonial Indian City-Literature: Policy, Politics and Evolution (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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