English heart, Hindi heartland: the political life of literature in India Sadana, Rashmi

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Sadana, Rashmi

Publication details: 2012 Permanent Black RanikherDescription: xv, 224 pISBN:

9788178243498

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DDC classification:

820.995409051 S2E6

Summary: English Heart, Hindi Heartland examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighbourhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English.Rashmi Sadana places internationally recognized authors such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, and Vikram Seth in the context of debates within India about the politics of language, and alongside regionally recognized writers such as K. Satchidanandan, Shashi Deshpande, and Geetanjali Shree. She undertakes an ethnographic study of literary culture, probing the connections between place, language, and text in order to show what language comes to stand for in people's lives.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

English Heart, Hindi Heartland examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighbourhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English.Rashmi Sadana places internationally recognized authors such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, and Vikram Seth in the context of debates within India about the politics of language, and alongside regionally recognized writers such as K. Satchidanandan, Shashi Deshpande, and Geetanjali Shree. She undertakes an ethnographic study of literary culture, probing the connections between place, language, and text in order to show what language comes to stand for in people's lives.

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