States of Disconnect - The China-India Literary Relation in the Twentieth Century

States of Disconnect examines the breakdown of transnationalism through readings of literary texts that express aversion to pairing ideas of China and India. Adhira Mangalagiri proposes the concept of "disconnect": a crisis of transnationalism perceptible in moments when a connection is severed, interrupted, or disavowed.

List of contents

Note on Transliteration and Translation
Introduction
1. Anatomy of Antagonism: The Indian Policeman in Chinese Literature
2. Revolution Redux: Agyeya’s China Stories
3. Dialogue and Its Discontents: 1950s Cultural Diplomacy Untold
4. Word and World in Crisis: Hindi Texts of 1962
5. On Correspondence: Lu Xun and Premchand
Conclusion: A Comparatist’s Guide to Disconnect
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Adhira Mangalagiri is a lecturer in the Department of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London.

Summary

States of Disconnect examines the breakdown of transnationalism through readings of literary texts that express aversion to pairing ideas of China and India. Adhira Mangalagiri proposes the concept of “disconnect”: a crisis of transnationalism perceptible in moments when a connection is severed, interrupted, or disavowed.

Product details

• Authors: Adhira Mangalagiri
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.12.2022
• EAN: 9780231205696
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20569-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Hindi, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Chinese, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary Criticism