Paying particular attention to the representation of women and to gendered notions of the nation, this book examines for the first time the marked parallels between Rushdie’s critique of the Nehruvian legacy and the most significant recent trends in Indian historiography, especially the feminist and subalternist movements.
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Contents Acknowledgements Introduction A Biography of the Nation Wives, Widows, and Witches The New God-and-Mammon India Mother India The Idea of a Hybrid India Notes Bibliography Index
Sobre o autor
NICOLE WEICKGENANNT THIARA received her MA from Heidelberg University, Germany, in English Studies and History, and was awarded a doctoral degree in English Studies from the University of Manchester, UK. She has taught at the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and Liverpool Hope University.
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