LEADER 02890nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910820859403321 005 20230607220956.0 010 $a0-8166-9035-9 010 $a0-8166-5289-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346942 035 $a(EBL)310578 035 $a(OCoLC)476095155 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240213 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10306507 035 $a(PQKB)11097832 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310578 035 $a(OCoLC)858974481 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39372 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310578 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10151261 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522643 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346942 100 $a20011026d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLying on the postcolonial couch$b[electronic resource] $ethe idea of difference /$fRukmini Bhaya Nair 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8166-3366-5 311 $a0-8166-3365-7 327 $aContents; 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 Caribbean 327 $aPART 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 330 $a"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 Spivak 606 $aApathy$zIndia 606 $aPostcolonialism$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1947- 615 0$aApathy 615 0$aPostcolonialism 676 $a302/.17 700 $aRukmini Bhaya Nair$01631747 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820859403321 996 $aLying on the postcolonial couch$94123822 997 $aUNINA