In Stereotype: South Asia in the Global Literary Imaginary

by Mrinalini Chakravorty

Book Overview

In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of stereotypes in multiple South Asian contexts, whether depicting hunger, crowdedness, filth, slums, death, migrant flight, terror, or outsourcing. She argues that such commonplaces are crucial to defining cultural identity in contemporary literature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231165978
• ISBN13: 9780231165976
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"