1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154570203321

Titolo

The dynamics of states : the formation and crises of state domination / / edited by Klaus Schlichte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-138-26685-X

1-315-24018-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchlichteKlaus

Disciplina

320.9172/4

Soggetti

State, The

Comparative government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Ashgate.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Rethinking the state / Joel S. Migdal and Klaus Schlichte -- 2. Whose state is it? Hindu-nationalist violence and populism in India / Julia Eckert -- 3. The 'privatization' of the state : North Africa in comparative perspective / Beatrice Hibou -- 4. The state against itself : market reforms and the judicialization of politics in Mexico / Tom Lewis -- 5. The Phoenix state : war economy and state formation in Liberia / Francois Prkic -- 6. The rise of the social and the banalization of the state in China / Jean-Louis Rocca -- 7. Uganda : a state in suspense / Klaus Schlichte -- 8. Boundaries of state and military in Pakistan / Boris Wilke.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461815203321

Autore

Shankar Subramanian <1962->

Titolo

Flesh and fish blood [[electronic resource] ] : postcolonialism, translation, and the vernacular / / S. Shankar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-76997-1

9786613680747

0-520-95234-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Flashpoints ; ; 11

Disciplina

891/.1

Soggetti

Indic literature - Translations - History and criticism

Indic literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Postcolonialism in motion pictures - India

Postmodernism (Literature) - India

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Midnight's Orphans, or the Postcolonial and the Vernacular -- 2. Lovers and Renouncers, or Caste and the Vernacular -- 3. Pariahs, or the Human and the Vernacular -- 4. The "Problem" of Translation -- Conclusion: Postcolonialism and Comparatism -- Note -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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. Shankar shows how these vernacular materials are often unexpectedly politically progressive and feminist, and provides insight on these oft-overlooked-but nonetheless sophisticated-South Asian cultural spaces. With           its calls for renewed attention to translation issues and comparative methods in



uncovering disregarded aspects of postcolonial societies, and provocative remarks on humanism and cosmopolitanism, Flesh and Fish Blood opens up new horizons of theoretical possibility for postcolonial studies and cultural analysis.