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UNINA9910154570203321 |
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The dynamics of states : the formation and crises of state domination / / edited by Klaus Schlichte |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-138-26685-X |
1-315-24018-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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State, The |
Comparative government |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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First published 2005 by Ashgate. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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UNINA9910461815203321 |
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Shankar Subramanian <1962-> |
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Flesh and fish blood [[electronic resource] ] : postcolonialism, translation, and the vernacular / / S. Shankar |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
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1-280-76997-1 |
9786613680747 |
0-520-95234-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (205 p.) |
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Indic literature - Translations - History and criticism |
Indic literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Postcolonialism in motion pictures - India |
Postmodernism (Literature) - India |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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