Imagining a Postcolonial Nation: Hindi Novels and Forms of India (1940s-80s)

Author:   Yamini
Publisher:   Bloomsbury India
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Pages:   284
Publication Date:   30 September 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Yamini
Publisher:   Bloomsbury India
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic India
ISBN:  

9789356400238


ISBN 10:   9356400237
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   30 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements Introduction: Postcolonial Nations and Novels 1940s: Idealistic Imagination: A Nation in Abstraction 1. Shekhar: A Life (1941, 44): Imagining New Nation(s) with Freedom 2. Tedhe Medhe Raaste (1946): Nationalism’s Conflicts with Freedom(s) 1950s: Regional and Linguistic Nations: Manifesting Post-Independence Moha-bhang 3. Maila Aanchal (1954): Regional Interpretations of Nationalism 4. Jhootha Sach (1958, 60): Partitioned Truths of Freedom and Nationalism 1960s: Religious and Institutional Nations: Ironies of Freedom 5. Aadha Gaon (1966): Decoloniality, Faith and Landed-Economy Transitioning through Colonialism and Nationalism 6. Raag Darbari (1968): Satirising Narratives of National Progress and Freedom 1970s: Nation of Emergent Powers: Freedom in Crisis 7. Raat ka Reporter (1989): Narratives of National Emergency and Fragmentation of Psychosocial Reality 1950s–80s: Gendered Nations: Fluidity of Freedoms among Rigid Borders 8. Women, Narratives, Nations: (Dis)Continuous Histories Conclusion Notes References Index About the Author

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Yamini is assistant professor in the department of English at Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, India.

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