Abstract
This book investigates the ambivalent responses to the opposing compulsions of memory and forgetting in cultural production in South Asia. Mallot reveals how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje, and Amitav Ghosh indict nationalism's sins by accessing and encoding the past.
Original language | English (US) |
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Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Number of pages | 235 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137007063 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781137007056 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 25 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Arts and Humanities(all)