Imaginary Maps
Imaginary Maps presents three stories from noted Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi in conjunction with readings of these tales by famed cultural and literary critic, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Weaving history, myth and current political realities, these stories explore troubling motifs in contemporary Indian life through the figures and narratives of indigenous tribes in India. At once delicate and violent, Devi's stories map the experiences of the tribals and tribal life under decolonization. In The Hunt, Douloti the Bountiful and the deftly wrought allegory of tribal agony Pterodactyl, Pirtha, and Puran Sahay, Ms. Devi links the specific fate…
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Weitere Autoren: Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-415-90463-6
- EAN: 9780415904636
- Produktnummer: 1684067
- Verlag: Taylor and Francis
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm 386 g
- Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
- Gewicht: 386
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Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Spivak
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