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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796856703321

Autore

McNamara Roger

Titolo

Secularism and the crisis of minority identity in postcolonial literature / / Roger McNamara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

ISBN

1-4985-4894-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages)

Disciplina

322.10954

Soggetti

Secularism - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Secularism and the crisis of minority identity in postcolonial literature -- Burgher writing: aesthetics as resistance to secular time in Carl Muller's and Michael Ondaatje's fiction -- Muslim writing: secular criticism in Saadat Hasan Manto's and Ismat Cughtai's fiction -- Parsi writing: developing a fine balance: secularism, religion, and minority politics in Rohinton Mistry's Family Matters -- Anglo-Indian writing: the conundrum of secular nationalism in Frank Anthony's and I. Allan Sealy's writing -- Dalit writing: secular catholicism and feminist critique in Bama's texts -- Secularism and sites of renewal.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book argues that secularism and modernity are responsible for the identity crisis that minorities experience in India and Sri Lanka. It shows that content and aesthetics of minority writing are not only shaped by the impositions of secularism and modernity but also produces innovative strategies to overcome them"--