02923nam 2200613 a 450 991045170920332120200520144314.00-8166-9035-90-8166-5289-9(CKB)1000000000346942(EBL)310578(OCoLC)476095155(SSID)ssj0000281587(PQKBManifestationID)11240213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281587(PQKBWorkID)10306507(PQKB)11097832(MiAaPQ)EBC310578(OCoLC)858974481(MdBmJHUP)muse39372(Au-PeEL)EBL310578(CaPaEBR)ebr10151261(CaONFJC)MIL522643(EXLCZ)99100000000034694220011026d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLying on the postcolonial couch[electronic resource] the idea of difference /Rukmini Bhaya NairMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20021 online resource (342 p.)Includes index.0-8166-3366-5 0-8166-3365-7 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: INTERLOCUTION: THE ARRANGEMENT OF COUCHES; 1. Reading Texts, Resurrecting Cultures: Colonial Poetry in India (1757-1857); 2. The Pedigree of the White Stallion: Postcoloniality and Literary History; 3. Translation as a Speech Act: Twelve Versions of One Subversive Verse; PART II: CIRUMLOCUTION: THE INSTITUTION OF INDIFFERENCE; 4. Glossolalia: The Dissimilar Twins of Language and Literature; 5. Multiculturalism: Other Worlds in Edgar Allan Poe and Satyajit Ray; 6. Colonization: Omeros Sails between the Indian Ocean and the CaribbeanPART III: DELOCUTION: THE SACRALIZATION OF SUBJECTS7. Acts of Agency and Acts of God: Postcolonial Narratives of Disaster; 8. The Testament of the Tenth Muse: Toward a Feminist Sensibility; 9. A Fatwa against Indifference?: Of Shamianas, Death, and the Platonic Censors; Postscript; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y"Nair's book gives postcolonialism a decent burial and looks forward to 'a new language of community.' It exposes the 'numbing rituals of colonial and postcolonial indifference' with a light touch, pausing on postmodern theories on the way." -Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakApathyIndiaPostcolonialismIndiaIndiaPolitics and government1947-Electronic books.ApathyPostcolonialism302/.17Rukmini Bhaya Nair876783MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451709203321Lying on the postcolonial couch2291289UNINA