The Postcolonial Careers of Santha Rama Rau /

Santha Rama Rau was one of the best known South Asian writers in postwar America. Born into India's elite in 1923, Rama Rau has lived in the United States since the 1940s. Although she is no longer well known, she was for several decades a popular expert on India. She provided an insider's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burton, Antoinette (Autor)
Otros Autores: Grewal, Inderpal (Editor ), Kaplan, Caren (Editor ), Wiegman, Robyn (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2007]
Colección:Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies : 44
Temas:
East Indian Americans > Biography.
Women authors, Indic > 20th century > Biography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. The East as a Postcolonial Career
  • 1. Cold War Cosmopolitanism: The Education of Santha Rama Rau in the Age of Bandung, 1945-1960
  • 2. Interpreting British India in Anglo-America: The Cultural Politics of Santha Rama Rau's A Passage to India, 1960-2005
  • 3. Home to India: Cooking with Santha Rama Rau
  • Epilogue. Cosmopolitanism by Any Other Name
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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