Salman Rushdie and Indian Historiography: Writing the Nation into Being
Description
Paying particular attention to the representation of women and to gendered notions of the nation, this book examines for the first time the marked parallels between Rushdie's critique of the Nehruvian legacy and the most significant recent trends in Indian historiography, especially the feminist and subalternist movements.
Keywords
RUSHDIE, SALMAN, 1947-INDIC LITERATURE_HISTORY AND CRITICISM
2009Book
Author(s)Nicole Weickgenannt Thiara
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230205482
LanguageEnglish
