Overview
- Provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the role English studies can play in the affirmation of India's national and cultural identity
- Weaves together contributions from the fields of literature, culture, gender, politics to assess what constitutes modern Indian identity
- Considers the very relevant question of women and gender in contemporary India
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- English Studies in India
- Indian English
- Literature of the Indian Diaspora
- Cultural Studies in India
- ELT
- Food and culture
- Multiethnic literature of America, Australia
- Comparative Literature
- Gender studies
- ICT intervention
- Instance of Negative Interaction
- Consuming Tamil Identity
- Debating, Challenging or Accepting Patriarchy
- Gendered Spirituality in Phaniyamma
- Resisting Patriarchy Without Separatism
- Diasporic Indian Women Writers
About this book
This collection pulls together a wide range of perspectives to explore the possibilities and the boundaries of the paradigm of English studies in India. It examines national identity and the legacy of colonialism through a study of comparative and multi ethnic literature, education, English language studies and the role ICT now plays in all of these fields. Contributors look at how the issue of identity can be addressed and understood through food studies, linking food, culture and identity. The volume also considers the timely and very relevant question of gender in Indian society, of the role of the woman, the family and the community in patriarchal contemporary Indian society. Through the lens of literature, culture, gender, politics, this exciting volume pulls together the threads which constitute modern Indian identity.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Deepti Gupta is a Professor of English and the Dean of International Students at Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. She has more than thirty years of experience in teaching and research with several national and international publications in ELT , Linguistics and Literature.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The English Paradigm in India
Book Subtitle: Essays in Language, Literature and Culture
Editors: Shweta Rao Garg, Deepti Gupta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5332-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5331-3Published: 02 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5368-0Published: 12 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5332-0Published: 18 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 317
Topics: Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Asian Culture, Culture and Gender