Postcolonial Modernity and the Indian Novel: On Catastrophic Realism
- Submitting institution
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University of Glasgow
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 27-12202
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1007/978-3-030-37397-9
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN
- 9783030373962
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Proposing 'a counter-genealogy for the post-colonial Indian novel', this book combines original theoretical reflections on 20th-century Indian literature with historically-informed analysis of recurrent social crises, such as the Bengal Famine and Naxalbari Insurgency. The book required detailed engagement with disciplines beyond English literature: for instance, chapter one draws on new work in environmental humanities and food security. Building on extensive research on both English and Bengali-language sources, it presents little-known Bengali novelists to Anglophone readers, as well as casting fresh light on familiar figures like Rushdie and Mistry.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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