{"product_id":"inter-sections-essays-on-indian-literatures","title":"Inter - Sections  -  Essays on Indian Literatures","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Rana Nayar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orient BlackSwan\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2012\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 276\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 81-250-4554-6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInter-sections brings together a collection of discursive essays that deal with a range of contemporary issues—from the history of literary genres to the future of humanities; from locating Indian literatures to mapping Indian English fiction and drama; from Punjabi literature, history and culture to the theory and practice of translation; from media-driven literary evaluation to multiple ways of shaping popular consciousness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided into four (inter-)sections, these essays raise some fundamental questions regarding our postcolonial, postmodern era and emphasize the need for an interdisciplinary approach to mediate both thought and knowledge. The easy, accessible, non-pedantic style of these essays is bound to engage scholars as well as lay readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eAuthor’s Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Notes towards the History\/Theory of Genres \u003cbr\u003eReading Indian and Indian English Literatures\u003cbr\u003e1. Locating\/Dis-locating Indian Literatures: A Metacritical Narrative \u003cbr\u003e2. Re-contextualising the Post-1980s Indian Novel in English \u003cbr\u003e3. Emerging Trends in Post-Independence Indian English Drama \u003cbr\u003ePunjabi Literature: Some Contexts and Texts\u003cbr\u003e4. Punjabi Literature through the Prism of History \u003cbr\u003e5. The Novel as a Site of Cultural Memory: Gurdial Singh’s Parsa \u003cbr\u003e6. Atamjit Singh’s Kamloops Dian Macchian: Polyphonic Discourse and Dramatic Art \u003cbr\u003e7. Narratives of Dispersal: Reading Raghbir Dhand’s Stories \u003cbr\u003e8. Postcolonial Katha: Continuities and Ruptures in Videshi Punjabi Short Fiction \u003cbr\u003eReading Translation(s)\u003cbr\u003e9. Author as Translator: Paradigms and Possibilities in the Indian Context \u003cbr\u003e10. Punjabi and English: Mediating the History of Language, Literature and Translation \u003cbr\u003e11. Bhisham Sahni’s Tamas: Multiple Historical Perspectives and Literary Art\u003cbr\u003e12. Mahasweta Devi’s Hajar Churashir Ma: A Narrative of Healing \u003cbr\u003ePower, Hegemony and Mass Media: Case Studies in Popular Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e13. Of Language, Consciousness and Mass Media \u003cbr\u003e14. Of Influence, Power and Empowerment \u003cbr\u003e15. Of Little Magazines in Punjabi: A Historical Overview \u003cbr\u003e16. Class, Ideology and Politics of Globalisation: A Case Study of Aravind Adiga \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Rediscovering Humanities in Life and Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Rana Nayar \/ Orient BlackSwan \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153730466160,"sku":"31991","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/31991.jpg?v=1793913270","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/inter-sections-essays-on-indian-literatures","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}