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  1. Indian Writing in English and Issues of Visual Representation
    Judging More than a Book by its Cover
    Author: Lau, Lisa; Varughese, E. Dawson; Dawson Varughese, E.
    Published: 2015.
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan UK, London ; Imprint: Palgrave Pivot

    This book examines the use of book covers as marketing devices, asking what exactly they communicate to their readers and buyers, and what images they associate with a genre and create about a culture. Focusing on Indian women's writing in English,... more

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    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    This book examines the use of book covers as marketing devices, asking what exactly they communicate to their readers and buyers, and what images they associate with a genre and create about a culture. Focusing on Indian women's writing in English, it combines the study of text with the study of materiality of the book.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781137474223
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
    Subjects: Literature—Philosophy.; Culture—Study and teaching.; Oriental literature.; Literature, Modern—20th century.; Literature   .; Fiction.
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 132 p.)
  2. Reading new India
    post-millennial Indian fiction in English
    Author: Varughese, E. Dawson
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London

    Reading New India is an insightful exploration of contemporary Indian writing in English. Exploring the work of such writers as Aravind Adiga (author of the Man-Booker Prize winning White Tiger), Usha K.R. and Taseer, the book looks at how the 'new'... more

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    Reading New India is an insightful exploration of contemporary Indian writing in English. Exploring the work of such writers as Aravind Adiga (author of the Man-Booker Prize winning White Tiger), Usha K.R. and Taseer, the book looks at how the 'new' India has been recreated and defined in an English Language literature that is now reaching a global audience. The book describes how Indian fiction has moved beyond notions of 'postcolonial' writing to reflect an increasingly confident and diverse cultures. Reading New India covers such topics as: Representations of the city - from Mumbai to Calc

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781441185402; 9781441181749
    Subjects: Indic fiction (English)
    Scope: Online-Ressource (viii, 189 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

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    Title page; Copyright page; Dedecation; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: From postcolonial India to New India; 1.1 'Indianness' since independence; 1.2 Literary 'Indianness'; 1.3 New India, a new canon; 1.4 How the book is organized, its interests and focus; Further reading; Chapter 2 Urban scapes; 2.1 Bangalore; 2.2 Mumbai; Chapter 3 Chick lit to crick lit; 3.1 Chick lit; 3.2 Crick lit; Chapter 4 Young India; 4.1 Call centres and corporate lives; 4.2 MSM; Chapter 5 Crime writing; 5.1 Female detectives; 5.2 Difference and death; Chapter 6 Fantasy and epic narrative

    6.1 New [Fantastical] India6.2 Bharati fantasy or historical fiction?; Chapter 7 Graphic novels; 7.1 'Post-liberalized India'; 7.2 Conflict; Conclusions: New/Old stories in Old/New ways?; Old and new: The future of 'Reading India'; References; Further reading; Glossary; Chronological Timeline; Author Biographies; Index