Contemporary English-language Indian children's literature : representations of nation, culture, and the new Indian girl / Michelle Superle.
Material type: 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: 820.992820954Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 820.992820954 SUP/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P31066 |
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.
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