“Postliberalization Indian Novels in English: Politics of Global Reception and Awards” is a critical handbook that focuses on trends in contemporary Indian novels and discusses the global reception of these works. The volume provides a systematic approach to the study of Indian novelists that have not been (with certain exceptions) extensively examined.
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Acknowledgements; Preface – Tabish Khair; Introduction; 1. A Maverick-Scholar: The Writings of Pankaj Mishra – A. N. Dwivedi; 2. Commodification of Post-Rushdie Indian Novels in English: Kunal Basu and the Politics of Decanonization – Angshuman Kar; 3. Marketing Lad Lit, Creating Bestsellers: The Importance of Being Chetan Bhagat – Aysha Viswamohan; 4. Vikas Swarup: Writing India in Global Time – Chinmoy Banerjee; 5. “The God of Small Things”: Arundhati Roy’s “Made in India” Bookerboiler – Chinna Devi Sangadi; 6. Aravind Adiga: The White Elephant? Postliberalization, the Politics of Reception and the Globalization of Literary Prizes – John Masterson; 7. The Multinational’s Song: The Global Reception of M. G. Vassanji – Laura Moss; 8. Shreds of Indianness: Identity and Representation in Manju Kapur’s The Immigrant – Letizia Alterno; 9. Inside “The Temple of Modern Desire”: Re-Collecting and Re-Locating Bombay – Maria Ridda; 10. Tabish Khair: Marketing Compulsions and Artistic Integrity – Om Prakash Dwivedi; 11. Rohinton Mistry and the Can-Lit Imperative – Patricia Gruben; 12. Amitav Ghosh: The Indian Architect of a Postnational Utopia – Sajalkumar Bhattacharya; 13. Here, There and Everywhere: A Review of Vikram Seth’s Multiple Literary Constituencies – Mala Pandurang; 14. Whatever Happened to Kaavya Viswanathan? – Shaleena Koruth; 15. Of Win and Loss: Kiran Desai’s Global Storytelling – Sara Duana Meyer; 16. Immigrant Desires: Narratives of the Indian Diaspora by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni – Tutun Mukherjee; Glossary; List of Contributors; Bibliography; Index
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Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan teaches and writes on film studies, popular culture, drama and contemporary South Asian fiction. She is an associate professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.Aynı yazardan daha fazla e-kitap / Editör
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