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Contemporary English-language Indian children's literature : representations of nation, culture, and the new Indian girl / Michelle Superle.

By: Superle, MichelleMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xiii, 200 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415886345 (acidfree paper); 0415886341 (acidfree paper)Subject(s): 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 literatureDDC classification: 820.992820954

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	820.992820954 SUP/C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P31066

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.

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