| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
x, 348 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Haveli -- Bungalow -- Apartments and Alternate Spaces -- Women-only Homes -- India As Home -- Diaspora Homes -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"In her detailed readings of a wide range of Indian writers ́{OCLCbr#80}? including Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Anita Nair, Jhumpa Lahiri and many others ́{OCLCbr#80}? Geetanjali Singh Chanda focuses on domestic spaces in womeń{OCLCbr#80}{OCLCbr#99}s fiction. The house is not merely a backdrop, but often almost a character itself, one that bears witness to the changes in the protagonistś{OCLCbr#80}? lives. Chanda shows how women in these fictional homes find ways to transform restrictive, segregated spaces into a potentially empowering ́{OCLCbr#80}{OCLCbr#9C}womenspace,́{OCLCbr#80}? one that can be found in bungalows and apartments alike. The book also analyzes the anxiety that still accompanies writing about India in English, and the many concerns about identity, language, nationalism, family, and community that are played out in the home. An ambitious mapping of Indian English womeń{OCLCbr#80}{OCLCbr#99}s literature, Indian Women in the House of Fiction claims an important space for its subject in the larger framework of world literatures."--Page [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
Indic fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Indic fiction (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Women in literature.
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Dwellings in literature.
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Dwellings in literature. (OCoLC)fst00900210
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Indic fiction (English) (OCoLC)fst00970135
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Indic fiction (English) -- Women authors.
(OCoLC)fst00970138
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Women in literature. (OCoLC)fst01177912
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9383074736 |
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9789383074730 |
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