{"product_id":"beyond-postcolonialism-dreams-and-realities-of-a-nation-second-edition","title":"BEYOND POSTCOLONIALISM: dreams and realities of a nation (Second Edition)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9788131609996\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 374 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSale Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e: India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rawat Publications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeyond Postcolonialism: Dreams and Realities of a Nation\u003c\/strong\u003e challenges the frameworks that postcolonialism applies to multi-language Indian literature. By focusing on power and resistance, postcolonialism tends to obscure the indigenous inheritance of India and marginalizes the continuous experimentation within literature, which reflects a dynamic dialogue with culture, politics, and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a deep study of the Indian novel from \u003cstrong\u003e1947 to the present\u003c\/strong\u003e, extending into the early \u003cstrong\u003etwenty-first century\u003c\/strong\u003e across multiple languages. During these decades, Indian literature has seen significant shifts in narrative structures, engaging with various art movements, as well as reflecting the complexities of location, space, caste, and community — all of which continue to shape our epistemological frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novelistic form serves both as a historical record and as a \u003cstrong\u003ecounter-discourse\u003c\/strong\u003e, constantly revealing and critiquing the hidden layers of history through its narrative voice. It examines the dreams of freedom, the division of the country, and the violence that accompanied it. The study also looks into diasporic writing, gender issues, feminism, classical aesthetics, oral storytelling traditions, and even the rhythms of sound and listening. It calls for new interpretative strategies and highlights the need for recognizing fresh tropes within Indian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Contents:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrologue\u003c\/strong\u003e: From the Personal to the Political\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eResisting the Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSplitting of the National Subject\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFalls the Shadow: Division and Exile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatriarchy in the Mirror\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransformational Strategies: Home and Abroad\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExperiential versus Classical Aesthetics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe End of the Twentieth Century and the Beginning of the Twenty-First\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/strong\u003e: Cultural Texts and Contexts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePostscript\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Limits of Postcolonialism and the Need to Go Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author \/ Editor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJasbir Jain\u003c\/strong\u003e is an \u003cstrong\u003eEmeritus Fellow\u003c\/strong\u003e at the \u003cstrong\u003eUniversity of Rajasthan\u003c\/strong\u003e and has received numerous prestigious accolades, including the \u003cstrong\u003eSahitya Akademi Fellowship\u003c\/strong\u003e as \u003cstrong\u003eWriter in Residence\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eK.K. 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She has authored several notable books, including \u003cstrong\u003eIndigenous Roots of Feminism\u003c\/strong\u003e (2011), \u003cstrong\u003eTheorising Resistance\u003c\/strong\u003e (2012), \u003cstrong\u003eThe Diaspora Writes Home\u003c\/strong\u003e (2015), \u003cstrong\u003eForgiveness: Between Memory and History\u003c\/strong\u003e (2016), \u003cstrong\u003eBridge Across the Rivers\u003c\/strong\u003e (2017), and \u003cstrong\u003eSubcontinental Histories: Literary Reflections on the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries\u003c\/strong\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rawat Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50008410554672,"sku":"DRG.RawatPublications_9788131609996","price":842.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/414b8LbZ1UL_4d6747be-9dd2-4388-af93-771d317af1aa.jpg?v=1756394040","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/beyond-postcolonialism-dreams-and-realities-of-a-nation-second-edition","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}