Flesh and Fish Blood: Postcolonialism, Translation, and the Vernacular Volume 11

by Subramanian Shankar, S. Shankar, SHANKAR S

In Flesh and Fish Blood Subramanian Shankar breaks new ground in postcolonial studies by exploring the rich potential of vernacular literary expressions. Shankar pushes beyond the postcolonial Anglophone canon and works with Indian literature and film in English, Tamil, and Hindi to present one of the first extended explorations of representations of caste, including a critical consideration of Tamil Dalit (so-called untouchable) literature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520272528
• ISBN13: 9780520272521
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"