The Girl Child in the Life, Lore and Literature of Bengal - Selected Writings of Sibaji Bandyopadhyay

Contemporary children's literature in Bangla celebrates irreverent and deviant boys whose subversive doings critique how they are reared, while the girl child is neglected and marginalised. This book-a compilation of translated works of the author, critic and academic, Sibaji Bandyopadhyay-focuses on gender and childhood in Bengal.

List of contents

Author's Biography viii Foreword ix Acknowledgements xvi Author's Introduction xviii Translator's Note lxii 1 Thakurma'r Jhuli (Grandma's Sack): A Chronicle of the Past or a Premonition of the Future? 1 2 Abishaswya ek Sangbadal (An Incredible Transition): A chapter from Abar Shishushiksha (On Children's Education Again) 20 3 Bangla Shishisahityer Chhoto Meyera: The Little Girls of Bangla Children's Literature 30 Works Cited 97 Glossary 102 Index 105

About the author

Nivedita Sen taught English literature at Hansraj College, University of Delhi. Among her published books are Family, School and Nation: The Child and Literary Constructions in Twentieth Century Bengal (Routledge, 2015) and a translation of Sibaji Bandyopadhyay's pathbreaking work The Rakhal Gopal Dialectic: Colonialism and Children' Literature in Bengal (2015). She has been translating Bangla fiction from Tagore onwards.

Summary

Contemporary children’s literature in Bangla celebrates irreverent and deviant boys whose subversive doings critique how they are reared, while the girl child is neglected and marginalised. This book—a compilation of translated works of the author, critic and academic, Sibaji Bandyopadhyay—focuses on gender and childhood in Bengal.

Product details

• Assisted by: Nivedita Sen (Editor), Sen Nivedita (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032398990
• ISBN: 978-1-03-239899-0
• No. of pages: 108
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, India, Bengali, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary studies: general, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity