D. Venkat Rao

Cultures of Memory in South Asia/ - New York: Springer,

Introduction: Through the Postcolonial Abyss


Signatures of Memory


Configurations of Memory and the Work of Difference


Futures of the Past: Mnemocultures and the Question of Inheritance

Mnemotexts of Reflection
Front Matter

Learning in the Double Bind: Mnemotextual Inquiries and Action Knowledges


Fables of Identity and Contingencies of Certainty: Disarticulations of the Panchatantra


Tanunapat: Kalos, Philos and the Vestiges of Trace


Embodiments of Response
Front Matter

The Mahabharata Contretemps: Temporality, Finitude and the Modes of Being in the Itihasa


Responsive Receptions: The Question of Translation Beyond the Accursed Zone


Listening to the Textlooms of Vemana: Memory, History and the Archives of Betrayal


Close-Ups: Approaching Critical Humanities



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