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Social Constructionist Identity Politics and Literary Studies

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  • © 2007

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  1. Suman Gupta

    1. Open University, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction: Prelude to Definitive Elaborations

    1. Introduction: Prelude to Definitive Elaborations

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 1-3

  3. Social Constructionist Identity Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Identity-Based Political Positions

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 7-21

    3. Embodying Identity-Based Political Positions

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 22-47

    4. Analogues and Equivalences

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 48-80

    5. Identity Politics at Work

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 81-95

  4. Literary Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Theory, Institutional Matters, Identity Politics

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 99-136

    3. Self-Announcements and Institutional Realignments

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 137-178

    4. Theory Textbooks and Canons

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 179-215

    5. Conclusion: Questions and Prospects

      • Suman Gupta
      Pages 216-220

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 221-259
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This study presents a critique of social constructionist identity politics, which is distinguished from specific identity-based political positions, from within and with social constructionist commitments. Gupta examines the institutionalization of social constructionist identity politics in literary studies, considering the notions of canonicity.

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'Gupta's book is a timely intervention which wrestles with the legacy of theory and the intellectual fallout of identity politics in the humanities. This is a wide-ranging, intelligent and politically-engaged study that refocuses our attention on exactly what it is we do, and should be doing, when we study literature and culture.' - Dr Mark Turner, King's College, University of London, UK

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  • Open University, UK

    Suman Gupta

About the author

SUMAN GUPTA is Senior Lecturer in Literature and Joint Director of the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, The Open University, UK. He is also Principal Co-ordinator of the Globalization, Identity Politics and Social Conflict (GIPSC) project and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University, UK. He has published seven single-authored and five co-edited books.

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