Alternative Indias : writing, nation and communalism /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2005.
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| Series: | Cross/cultures : readings in the post/colonial literatures in English,
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=160167 |
Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Limits of Secularism and the Construction of Composite National Identity in India; The Discovery of Aryavarta: Hindu Nationalism and Early Indian Fiction in English; "First Realise Your Need": Manju Kapur's Erotic Nation; "Cutting Across Time": Memory, Narrative, and Identity in Shashi Deshpande's Small Remedies; The Communalization and Disintegration of Urdu in Anita Desai's In Custody; "Reflexive Worlds": The Indias of A.K. Ramanujan; Communalism, Corruption and Duty in Rohinton Mistry's Family Matters.
- The Routes of National Identity in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow LinesInscribing a Sikh India: An Alternative Reading of Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan; No Passports, No Visas: The Line of Control Between India and Pakistan in Contemporary Bombay Cinema; Afterword; Contributors; Index.