Indian writing in English and the global literary market / edited by Om Prakash Dwivedi, Assistant Professor, Taiz University, Yemen and Lisa Lau, Lecturer, Keele University, UK.
"Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, contending that it has been both a gatekeeper and a significant force in shaping the production and consumption of this literature. As well as providing case studies o...
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 216 pages ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
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- AcknowledgementsNotes on the ContributorsForeword; Tabish Khair1. Introduction: The Reception of Indian Writing in English (IWE) in the Global Literary Market; Om Prakash Dwivedi and Lisa LauPART I: MARKETING THEORY OF IWE2. Writing India Right: Indian Writing and the Global Market; Vrinda Nabar3. Indian Writing in English as Celebrity; Pramod K. Nayar4. How Does it feel to be the Solution? Indians and Indian Diasporic Fiction: Their Role in the Market Place and the University; Dorothy M. Figueira5. Commodifying Culture: Language and Exoticism in Indian English Literature; Nivedita Majumdar6. Recreating the Native Female: Diasporic Appropriations of Female South Asian Writers and their Texts; V.G. Julie RajanPART II: INDIAN WOMEN WRITERS7. Indian Women's Fiction in the European Market; Belen Martin Lucas8. The troubled politics and reception of The Inheritance of Loss; Daniel AllingtonPART III: INDIAN MEN WRITERS9. Global Goondas? Money, Crime and Social Anxieties in Aravind Adiga; Robbie B. H. Goh10. In the Right Place at The Right Time: A Tale of Two Brothers; Rochelle Almeida11. Discrepant zones of reception: The presence and absence of Kiran Nagarkar in the West; Dirk WiemannBibliographyIndex.