The Resource English Heart, Hindi Heartland : the Political Life of Literature in India
English Heart, Hindi Heartland : the Political Life of Literature in India
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The item English Heart, Hindi Heartland : the Political Life of Literature in India represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- English Heart, Hindi Heartland examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world--its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods--in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. Rashmi Sadana places internationally recognized authors such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Vikram Seth, and Aravind Adiga in the context of debates within India about the politics of language and alongside other writers, including K. Satchidanandan, Shashi Deshpande, and Geetanjali Shree. Sadana undertakes an ethnographic study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text in order to show what language comes to stand for in people's lives. In so doing, she unmasks a social discourse rife with questions of authenticity and cultural politics of inclusion and exclusion. English Heart, Hindi Heartland illustrates how the notion of what is considered to be culturally and linguistically authentic not only obscures larger questions relating to caste, religious, and gender identities, but that the authenticity discourse itself is continually in flux. In order to mediate and extract cultural capital from India's complex linguistic hierarchies, literary practitioners strategically deploy a fluid set of cultural and political distinctions that Sadana calls "literary nationality." Sadana argues that English, and the way it is positioned among the other Indian languages, does not represent a fixed pole, but rather serves to change political and literary alliances among classes and castes, often in surprising ways
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Slush Pile; Chapter 1: Reading Delhi and Beyond; Chapter 2: Two Tales of a City; Chapter 3: In Sujan Singh Park; Chapter 4: The Two Brothers of Ansari Road; Chapter 5: At the Sahitya Akademi; Chapter 6: Across the Yamuna; Chapter 7: "A Suitable Text for a Vegetarian Audience"; Chapter 8: Indian Literature Abroad; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9781280116728
- Label
- English Heart, Hindi Heartland : the Political Life of Literature in India
- Title
- English Heart, Hindi Heartland
- Title remainder
- the Political Life of Literature in India
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- Book industries and trade
- Book industries and trade -- India -- History -- 20th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- History
- India
- Indic literature (English)
- Indic literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian | General
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century
- Postcolonialism
- Postcolonialism -- India
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Publishers and publishing
- Publishers and publishing -- India -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- English Heart, Hindi Heartland examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world--its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods--in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. Rashmi Sadana places internationally recognized authors such as Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Vikram Seth, and Aravind Adiga in the context of debates within India about the politics of language and alongside other writers, including K. Satchidanandan, Shashi Deshpande, and Geetanjali Shree. Sadana undertakes an ethnographic study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text in order to show what language comes to stand for in people's lives. In so doing, she unmasks a social discourse rife with questions of authenticity and cultural politics of inclusion and exclusion. English Heart, Hindi Heartland illustrates how the notion of what is considered to be culturally and linguistically authentic not only obscures larger questions relating to caste, religious, and gender identities, but that the authenticity discourse itself is continually in flux. In order to mediate and extract cultural capital from India's complex linguistic hierarchies, literary practitioners strategically deploy a fluid set of cultural and political distinctions that Sadana calls "literary nationality." Sadana argues that English, and the way it is positioned among the other Indian languages, does not represent a fixed pole, but rather serves to change political and literary alliances among classes and castes, often in surprising ways
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sadana, Rashmi
- Dewey number
- 891.4
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PK5416
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Flash points
- Series volume
- 8
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Indic literature (English)
- Publishers and publishing
- Book industries and trade
- Politics and literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Book industries and trade
- Indic literature (English)
- Politics and literature
- Postcolonialism
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Publishers and publishing
- India
- Label
- English Heart, Hindi Heartland : the Political Life of Literature in India
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Slush Pile; Chapter 1: Reading Delhi and Beyond; Chapter 2: Two Tales of a City; Chapter 3: In Sujan Singh Park; Chapter 4: The Two Brothers of Ansari Road; Chapter 5: At the Sahitya Akademi; Chapter 6: Across the Yamuna; Chapter 7: "A Suitable Text for a Vegetarian Audience"; Chapter 8: Indian Literature Abroad; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 776108966
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781280116728
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786613521019
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 352101
- 22573/cttt2397
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)776108966
- Label
- English Heart, Hindi Heartland : the Political Life of Literature in India
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Slush Pile; Chapter 1: Reading Delhi and Beyond; Chapter 2: Two Tales of a City; Chapter 3: In Sujan Singh Park; Chapter 4: The Two Brothers of Ansari Road; Chapter 5: At the Sahitya Akademi; Chapter 6: Across the Yamuna; Chapter 7: "A Suitable Text for a Vegetarian Audience"; Chapter 8: Indian Literature Abroad; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 776108966
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781280116728
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786613521019
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 352101
- 22573/cttt2397
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)776108966
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Book industries and trade
- Book industries and trade -- India -- History -- 20th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- History
- India
- Indic literature (English)
- Indic literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian | General
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century
- Postcolonialism
- Postcolonialism -- India
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Publishers and publishing
- Publishers and publishing -- India -- History -- 20th century
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