Imagining Indianness - Cultural Identity and Literature (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

This book brings together several important essays examining the interface between identity, culture, and literature within the issue of cultural identity in South Asian literature. The book explores how one imagines national identity and how this concept is revealed in the narratives of the nation and the production of various cultural discourses. The collection of essays examines questions related to the interpretation of the Indian past and present, the meanings of ancient and venerated cultural symbols in ancient times and modern, while discussing the ideological implications of the interpretation of identity and "Indianness" and how they reflect and influence the power-structures of contemporary societies in South Asia. Thus, the book studies the various aspects of the on-going process of constructing, imagining, re-imagining, and narrating "Indianness", as revealed in the literatures and cultures of India.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2017
Editors:	Diana Dimitrova • Thomas De Bruijn
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	166
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-82241-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	3-319-82241-1
Barcode:	9783319822419

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