LEADER 03712oam 2200721I 450 001 9910461385603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-15098-0 010 $a9786613150981 010 $a1-136-72087-1 010 $a0-203-81625-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203816257 035 $a(CKB)2670000000094379 035 $a(EBL)692372 035 $a(OCoLC)730151699 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521691 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11340935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521691 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10522945 035 $a(PQKB)10211632 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC692372 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL692372 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10477496 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL315098 035 $a(OCoLC)730503712 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000094379 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContemporary English-language Indian children's literature $erepresentations of nation, culture, and the new Indian girl /$fMichelle Superle 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 225 1 $aChildren's literature and culture ;$v78 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-84990-1 311 $a0-415-88634-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Contemporary English-Language Indian Children's Literature; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Contemporary English-language Indian Children's Novels as Aspirational Literature; Chapter 1. The Development of Contemporary, English-language Indian Children's Novels; Chapter 2. Indian Women Writers: Imagining the New Indian Girl; Chapter 3. Imagining Unity in Diversity through Cooperation and Friendship; Chapter 4. Imagining and Performing the Indian Nation; Chapter 5. Imagining "Indianness" 327 $aChapter 6. Imagining Identity in the Diaspora: Performinga "Masala" SelfChapter 7. Performing New Indian Girlhood; Conclusion: Old and New Boundaries; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aConcurrent with increasing scholarly attention toward national children's literatures, Contemporary English-language Indian Children's Literature explores an emerging body of work that has thus far garnered little serious critical attention. Superle critically examines the ways Indian children's writers have represented childhood in relation to the Indian nation, Indian cultural identity, and Indian girlhood. From a framework of postcolonial and feminist theories, children's novels published between 1988 and 2008 in India are compared with those from the United Kingdom and North Am 410 0$aChildren's literature and culture ;$v78. 606 $aChildren's literature, Indic (English)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIndic fiction (English)$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChildren$xBooks and reading$zIndia 606 $aGender identity$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xIn literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChildren's literature, Indic (English)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIndic fiction (English)$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChildren$xBooks and reading 615 0$aGender identity 676 $a820.9/92820954 700 $aSuperle$b Michelle$f1974-,$0914731 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461385603321 996 $aContemporary English-language Indian children's literature$92050002 997 $aUNINA