Memory, nationalism, and narrative in contemporary south asia
Auteur :
Mallot, J. Edward
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137007056
Date de publication :
25 sept. 2012
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book investigates the ambivalent responses to the opposing compulsions of memory and forgetting in cultural production in South Asia. Mallot reveals how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje, and Amitav Ghosh indict nationalism's sins by accessing and encoding the past.