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Spark of light : short stories by women writers of Odisha / edited by Valerie Henitiuk and Supriya Kar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edited by Valerie Henitiuk and Supriya Kar
- Series:
- Mingling voices.
- Mingling Voices
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, Odia--India--Odisha.
- Short stories, Odia.
- Odia literature--Women authors.
- Odia literature.
- Short stories, Odia--Translations into English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Athabasca University Press 2016
- Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <em>Spark of Light</em> is a diverse collection of short stories by women writers from the Indian province of Odisha. Originally written in Odia and dating from the late nineteenth century to the present, these stories offer a multiplicity of voices—some sentimental and melodramatic, others rebellious and bold—and capture the predicament of characters who often live on the margins of society. From a spectrum of viewpoints, writing styles, and motifs, the stories included here provide examples of the great richness of Odishan literary culture. In the often shadowy and grim world depicted in this collection, themes of class, poverty, violence, and family are developed. Together they form a critique of social mores and illuminate the difficult lives of the subaltern in Odisha society. The work of these authors contributes to an ongoing dialogue concerning the challenges, hardships, joys, and successes experienced by women around the world. In these provocative explorations of the short-story form, we discover the voices of these rarely heard women.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Notes:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 18, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-77199-169-0
- 1-77199-168-2
- OCLC:
- 962129472
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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