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Dialogics of self, the Mahabharata, and culture : the history of understanding and understanding of history / Lakshmi Bandlamudi.

Van Pelt Library PN1992.77.M25 B36 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bandlamudi, Lakshmi.
Series:
Anthem South Asian studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mahabharat (Television program : 1988-1990).
Mahābhārata.
Literature and history--India.
Literature and history.
Memory--India.
Memory.
Discourse analysis, Literary.
Dialogism (Literary analysis).
Self in literature.
India.
Physical Description:
xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Other Title:
History of understanding and understanding of history
Place of Publication:
London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2010.
Contents:
About theories and philosophies. Introduction. So what's the story and why this story?
About self. Telling tales about lives
Who tells what kinds of stories?
About memory. The cultural scene : allure of tales in the living texts
Remembering the Mahabharata : the story telling time and the time of the story
Gendered memories : the heroine's journey in time
About interpretation. The reading act
Readers, plots, and discourses
About self, memory, and interpretation. Tales in lives and lives in tales
Reflections on real time in great time .
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781843318354
9780857289537
1843318350
0857289535
OCLC:
500820137

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