Contemporary English-language Indian children's literature : representations of nation, culture, and the new Indian girl /
Superle, Michelle,
Contemporary English-language Indian children's literature : representations of nation, culture, and the new Indian girl / Michelle Superle. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - xiii, 200 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.
Introduction: Contemporary English-language Indian children's novels as aspirational literature -- The development of contemporary, English-language Indian children's novels -- Indian women writers: imagining the new Indian girl -- Imagining unity in diversity through cooperation and friendship -- Imagining and performing the Indian nation -- Imagining "Indianness" -- Imagining identity in the diaspora: performing a "masala" self -- Performing new Indian girlhood -- Conclusion: Old and new boundaries.
9780415886345 (acidfree paper) 0415886341 (acidfree paper)
Children's literature, Indic (English)--History and criticism.
Indic fiction (English)--Women authors--History and criticism.
Children--Books and reading--India.
Gender identity--India.
India--In literature.
820.992820954 / SUP/C
Contemporary English-language Indian children's literature : representations of nation, culture, and the new Indian girl / Michelle Superle. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - xiii, 200 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.
Introduction: Contemporary English-language Indian children's novels as aspirational literature -- The development of contemporary, English-language Indian children's novels -- Indian women writers: imagining the new Indian girl -- Imagining unity in diversity through cooperation and friendship -- Imagining and performing the Indian nation -- Imagining "Indianness" -- Imagining identity in the diaspora: performing a "masala" self -- Performing new Indian girlhood -- Conclusion: Old and new boundaries.
9780415886345 (acidfree paper) 0415886341 (acidfree paper)
Children's literature, Indic (English)--History and criticism.
Indic fiction (English)--Women authors--History and criticism.
Children--Books and reading--India.
Gender identity--India.
India--In literature.
820.992820954 / SUP/C