Writing disaster in South Asian literature and culture: the limits of empathy and cosmopolitan imagination

"This book examines disaster events (both man-made and natural) as represented in South Asian literature and culture. It attempts to locate the intricate ways in which disaster representation in literature and culture evince a core of conditional empathy and cosmopolitan imagination that are al...

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Weitere Verfasser: Ali, Sk Sagir (HerausgeberIn), Das, Swayamdipta 1990- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham Lexington Books [2024]
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Zusammenfassung:"This book examines disaster events (both man-made and natural) as represented in South Asian literature and culture. It attempts to locate the intricate ways in which disaster representation in literature and culture evince a core of conditional empathy and cosmopolitan imagination that are already dictated by statist regimes of power"--
Beschreibung:vi, 196 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781666951479
1666951471