Contemporary Literature From Northeast India - Deathworlds, Terror and Survival

Summary

This book is the first to consider the representations of the effects of political terror and survival in contemporary literature from Northeast India. Fictions from this polyglot region offer alternative representations that show the post-colonial nation-state to engage in acts of aggression that parallel colonial regimes.

Product details

• Authors: Amit Baishya, Amit (The University of Oklahoma Baishya, Baishya Amit
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367586690
• ISBN: 978-0-367-58669-0
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Indo-Iranian Languages, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General