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Flesh and Fish Blood : Postcolonialism, Translation, and the Vernacular.
In Flesh and Fish Blood Subramanian Shankar breaks new ground in postcolonial studies by exploring the rich potential of vernacular literary expressions. Shankar pushes beyond the postcolonial Anglophone canon and works with Indian literature and film in English, Tamil, and Hindi to present one of t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | FlashPoints.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Flesh and Fish Blood Subramanian Shankar breaks new ground in postcolonial studies by exploring the rich potential of vernacular literary expressions. Shankar pushes beyond the postcolonial Anglophone canon and works with Indian literature and film in English, Tamil, and Hindi to present one of the first extended explorations of representations of caste, including a critical consideration of Tamil Dalit (so-called untouchable) literature. Shankar shows how these vernacular materials are often unexpectedly politically progressive and feminist, and provides insight on these oft-overlooked--but. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (324 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520952348 0520952340 0520272528 9780520272521 9781280769979 1280769971 |