Overview
Queries the linguistically Anglocentric emphasis of the current postcolonial ‘canon’ and brings attention to the importance of texts written in other languages and often overlooked
Juxtaposes better-known texts from authors such as Desai and Roy with lesser-known texts, written in languages other than English
Explicitly moves the argument from the local (India) to the global, with a chapter dedicated to examining the book’s relevant to broader postcolonial models and systems
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“This is a well-written, intelligent and passionately argued book that poses a challenge to currently dominant (and stagnant) paradigms of postcoloniality and points to a multi-lingual way forward. It should lead to vigorous and healthy debates.” (Tabish Khair, University of Aarhus, Denmark)
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Book Title: Remapping the Indian Postcolonial Canon
Book Subtitle: Remap, Reimagine and Retranslate
Authors: Nirmala Menon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53798-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53797-3Published: 04 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71135-2Published: 02 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53798-0Published: 27 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 201
Topics: Postcolonial/World Literature, Asian Literature, Contemporary Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Fiction