Sandeep Banerjee
Space, Utopia and Indian Decolonization: Literary Pre-Figurations of the Postcolony
Space, Utopia and Indian Decolonization: Literary Pre-Figurations of the Postcolony
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The book explores South Asian anti-colonial texts' spatial utopianism by re-imagining the British Indian colony as the postcolony in diverse and contested ways. It emphasizes the importance of literary imagination and representation in the cultural politics of decolonization and uses a global comparative framework to understand space as a site of contested representation and ideological contestation.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
The book delves into the spatial utopianism of South Asian anti-colonial texts, highlighting their rejection of colonial spatial imaginaries and their reimagining of the British Indian colony as the postcolony in diverse and contested ways. Spanning the literary field of South Asia between the 1860s and 1920s, it emphasizes the crucial role of literary imagination and representation in the cultural politics of decolonization. This book spatializes our understanding of decolonization while challenging and complicating the straightforward association between decolonization and anti-colonial nationalism. The author employs a global comparative framework and crosses the English-vernacular divide to examine space as a site of contested representation and ideological conflict. Through a comprehensive analysis of various genres, including historical romances, novels, travelogues, memoirs, poems, and patriotic lyrics, the author interrogates the spatial desires of anti-colonial and colonial texts.
This book represents the first comprehensive literary geographical study of South Asian literary texts, appealing to an interdisciplinary audience interested in Postcolonial and World Literature, Asian Literature, Victorian Literature, Modern South Asian Historiography, Literature and Utopia, Literature and Decolonization, Literature and Nationalism, Cultural Geography, and South Asian Studies.
Weight: 349g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367786632
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