Subaltern speaks: truth and ethics in Mahasweta Devi’s fiction on tribals (Record no. 26299)
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| fixed length control field | 01871 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789352873661 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 891.44371 |
| Item number | BHO-S |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bhowal, Sanatan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Subaltern speaks: truth and ethics in Mahasweta Devi’s fiction on tribals |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Orient BlackSwan |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxiv, 184p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Include Bibliography and Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | a study and critique of Mahasweta devis major fictional writings on tribal, < em> the subaltern Speaks</em> addresses some primary concerns of subaltern studies historians, and explores the representation of tribal as ˜subaltern. </br><br/><br/>adivasis today are caught between an aggressive and seemingly benevolent version of capitalism. British India replaced traditional property rights with formal ones; neoliberal India chased them off their land in pursuit of development, dubbed them ˜terrorists and unleashed the army against them. Adivasis only seem to appear in recorded history when resisting the state, and their ˜consciousness, along with their politics, has been reduced to this identity. The story of adivasi women is far more harrowing.</br> <following Gayatri spivaks deconstructive approach, Sanatan bhowal draws upon some leading thinkers of our time”badiou, levinas, Foucault, Deleuze, LA can and zizek”to address spivaks question: can the subaltern speak? Bhowal focuses on Mahasweta devis ethical representation of the adivasi she loved and lived with, and whose cause she passionately espoused lifelong. He also underlines the need to debunk conventional discourses before any genuine understanding of tribal consciousness can be arrived at. </br><br/>This book will be valuable for students of subaltern studies, English and comparative literature. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Criticism and interpretation |
| Form subdivision | Tribes in literature |
| -- | Mahāśvetā Debī |
| -- | 1926-2016 |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2020-07-08 | OP | 401.50 | 2020-06-11 | 891.44371 BHO-S | 51042 | 550.00 | 2020-07-15 | Books |