02838nam 22006613 450 991102600990332120250505152556.09780814340585081434058X(CKB)3710000000622827(SSID)ssj0001679910(PQKBManifestationID)16490946(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001679910(PQKBWorkID)15023525(PQKB)11524671(OCoLC)945681194(MdBmJHUP)muse51186(MiAaPQ)EBC31653886(Au-PeEL)EBL31653886(Perlego)4548998(EXLCZ)99371000000062282720250505d2015 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrActs of angry writing on citizenship and orientalism in postcolonial India /Alessandra Marino1st ed.Detroit, Michigan :Wayne State University Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (vii, 240 pages :)illustrations, map ;Series in citizenship studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780814340578 0814340571 Includes bibliographical references and index.Mahasweta Devi. Poor, not criminals ; Devi against legal Orientalism -- "How does a law help?" Struggles for citizenship in the forests -- Modernity and modernism : "real" political subjects -- Arundhati Roy. "The cost of dams" : writing collective resistance -- Privatizing the commons, orientalizing adivasis -- Storytelling and the metamorphosis of literature -- Sampat Pal. Warrior in a pink sari : a subaltern autobiography -- Acts of violence or acts of citizenship? -- Between theory and practice. Performing citizenship : resignifying literature -- Acts of angry writing : ethics, subjectivity, and agency.Its rich discussion of performativity and speech acts theory bridges the gap between the fields of literary theory, law, and citizenship.Series in citizenship studies.Indic literaturePolitical aspectsSocial problems in literatureWomen authors, IndicPolitical activityWomen political activistsIndiaIndic literaturePolitical aspects.Social problems in literature.Women authors, IndicPolitical activity.Women political activists809.8954Marino Alessandra(Research Associate),1024221Project MuseMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911026009903321Acts of angry writing4434042UNINA