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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825897903321

Autore

Mukherjee U

Titolo

Postcolonial Environments : Nature, Culture and the Contemporary Indian Novel in English / / by U. Mukherjee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-87002-5

9786612870026

0-230-25132-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

823.91409954

823/.9140935854

Soggetti

Literature   

Asia—History

Literature, Modern—20th century

Literature—Philosophy

Environment

Oriental literature

Postcolonial/World Literature

Asian History

Twentieth-Century Literature

Literary Theory

Environment, general

Asian Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Arts & Humanities Research Council."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From Earth Day to Earth summits : trajectories and debates -- 'Green postcolonialism' and 'postcolonial Green' : literary exchanges -- Towards eco-materialism -- The river and the dance : Arundhati Roy -- Water/land : Amitav Ghosh -- Dead air : Indra Sinha -- 'Blood on my water' : Ruchir Joshi.

Sommario/riassunto

Postcolonial Environments examines the relationship between contemporary environmental crises and culture by offering a series of



provocative readings of key Indian novels in English, making an original and important contribution to the emerging theories of 'green postcolonialism'.