TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bhattacharjee,Subashish
AU  - Karmakar,Goutam
TI  - CITY SPEAKS: urban spaces in indian literature
SN  - 9781000685718
U1  - 820.9/35854009732 23/eng/20220531
PY  - 2022///
CY  - [S.l.]
PB  - ROUTLEDGE
KW  - Cities and towns in literature
KW  - Indic literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - India
KW  - In literature
N2  - This book studies the significance and representation of the city' in the writings of Indian poets, graphic novelists, and dramatists. It demonstrates how cities give birth to social images, perspectives, and complexities, and explores the ways in which cities and the characters in Indian literature coexist to form a larger literary framework of interpretations. Drawing on the theoretical concepts of Western urban thinkers such as Henri Lefebvre, Georg Simmel, Walter Benjamin, Edward Soja, David Harvey, and Diane Levy, as well as South Asian thinkers such as Ashis Nandy, Arjun Appadurai, Vinay Lal, and Ravi Sundaram, the book projects against a seemingly monolithic and homogenous Western qualification of urban literatures and offers a truly unique and contentious presentation of Indian literature. Unfolding the urban-literary landscape of India, the volume lays the groundwork for an urban studies approach to Indian literature. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, especially Indian writing in English, urban studies, and South Asian studies
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003323761
ER  -