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- catalog abstract ""While postcolonial creative writing in English has come of age in South Asia, scholarly examination of this rich body of writing has remained largely confined to the narrow domain of literary criticism." "This unusual book instead foregrounds issues relating to identity, nationalism and gender in contemporary literary writing. To do so, the author has analysed select works which are located within and grapple with four recent periods which have played a significant role in refashioning the nations in the region: the Emergency in India; the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka; the secession of Bangladesh; and Zia-ul-Haq's regime in Pakistan." "In examining the literary representations of these critical junctures, Neluka Silva draws upon key aspects of postcolonial, nationalist and feminist theory, which have influenced both the understanding of the concerned episodes and the literary productions of the authors selected. By providing an implicit comparative frame of reference, the author succeeds in suggesting ways in which certain choices reinforce or subvert established power relations in the fraught arena of nationalist politics in the four South Asian countries." "This book will be of interest to students and scholars of postcolonial literature, cultural studies, critical theory, gender studies, politics and nationalism."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13322577.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In examining the literary representations of these critical junctures, Neluka Silva draws upon key aspects of postcolonial, nationalist and feminist theory, which have influenced both the understanding of the concerned episodes and the literary productions of the authors selected. By providing an implicit comparative frame of reference, the author succeeds in suggesting ways in which certain choices reinforce or subvert established power relations in the fraught arena of nationalist politics in the four South Asian countries." "This book will be of interest to students and scholars of postcolonial literature, cultural studies, critical theory, gender studies, politics and nationalism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""While postcolonial creative writing in English has come of age in South Asia, scholarly examination of this rich body of writing has remained largely confined to the narrow domain of literary criticism." "This unusual book instead foregrounds issues relating to identity, nationalism and gender in contemporary literary writing. To do so, the author has analysed select works which are located within and grapple with four recent periods which have played a significant role in refashioning the nations in the region: the Emergency in India; the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka; the secession of Bangladesh; and Zia-ul-Haq's regime in Pakistan."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-247) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : critical moments : nationalism and gender in South Asia -- Ch. 1. 'India is Indira' : fictionalising Indira Gandhi's politics, the emergency and nationalism -- Ch. 2. 'Gendering' the nation : literary representations of contemporary Sri Lankan politics -- Ch. 3. The politics of liberation : resistance and after in literary texts of Bangladesh -- Ch. 4. Islam, politics and marginal groups : representation of Zia-ul-Haq's regime in literature -- Conclusion : literary texts as empowering sites for change.".
- catalog extent "256 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Gendered nation.".
- catalog identifier "076193202X (US: hardback)".
- catalog identifier "0761932038 (US: pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "8178293196 (India: hardback)".
- catalog identifier "817829320X (India: pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gendered nation.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications,".
- catalog relation "Gendered nation.".
- catalog spatial "South Asia.".
- catalog subject "820.9/954 22".
- catalog subject "Gender identity South Asia.".
- catalog subject "Gender identity in literature.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism South Asia.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR9570.S64 S56 2004".
- catalog subject "South Asian literature (English) History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : critical moments : nationalism and gender in South Asia -- Ch. 1. 'India is Indira' : fictionalising Indira Gandhi's politics, the emergency and nationalism -- Ch. 2. 'Gendering' the nation : literary representations of contemporary Sri Lankan politics -- Ch. 3. The politics of liberation : resistance and after in literary texts of Bangladesh -- Ch. 4. Islam, politics and marginal groups : representation of Zia-ul-Haq's regime in literature -- Conclusion : literary texts as empowering sites for change.".
- catalog title "The gendered nation : contemporary writings from South Asia / Neluka Silva.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".