Flesh and fish blood : postcolonialism, translation, and the vernacular / S. Shankar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shankar, Subramanian, 1962-

Series:

Flashpoints (Berkeley, Calif.) ; 11.

Flashpoints ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Indic literature.

Postmodernism (Literature)--India.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Indic literature--Translations--History and criticism.

Postcolonialism in motion pictures.

Translations.

India.

Physical Description:

xviii, 185 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012]

Summary:

With Flesh and Fish Blood S. Shankar breaks new ground in postcolonial studies by exploring the rich potential of vernacular literary expressions. Shankar pushes beyond the postcolonial Anglophone canon and works with Indian literature and film in English, Tamil, and Hindi to present one of the first extended explorations of representations of caste, including a critical consideration of Tamil Dalit (so-called untouchable) literature. Shankar shows how these vernacular materials are often unexpectedly politically progressive and feminist, and he provides insight on these often overlooked-but nonetheless sophisticated-South Asian cultural spaces. With its calls for renewed attention to translation issues, comparative methods in uncovering disregarded aspects of postcolonial societies, and provocative remarks on humanism and cosmopolitanism. Flesh and Fish Blood opens up new horizons of theoretical possibility for postcolonial studies and cultural analysis. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Midnight's Orphans, or the Postcolonial and the Vernacular 1

2 Lovers and Renouncers, or Caste and the Vernacular 27

3 Pariahs, or the Human and the Vernacular 65

4 The "Problem" of Translation 103.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520272521

0520272528

OCLC:

757476256