In Stereotype : South Asia in the Global Literary Imaginary /

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In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of stereotypes in multiple South Asian contexts, whether depicting hunger, crowdedness, filth, slums, death,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chakravorty, Mrinalini (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Colección:Literature Now
Temas:
South Asian literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
South Asian literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: Stereotypes as Provocation
  • 1. Why the Stereotype? Why South Asia?
  • 2. To Understand Me, You'll Have to Swallow a World
  • 3. Slumdog or White Tiger?
  • 4. The Dead That Haunt Anil's Ghost
  • 5. From Bangladesh to Brick Lane
  • 6. Good and Bad Transnationalisms?
  • Epilogue: The Afterlife of Stereotypes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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