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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shankar, Subramanian, 1962-

Series:

Flashpoints (Berkeley, Calif.)

Flashpoints ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature--Translations--History and criticism.

Indic literature.

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

Postcolonialism in motion pictures--India.

Postcolonialism in motion pictures.

Postmodernism (Literature)--India.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Flesh and Fish Blood Subramanian 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 provides insight on these oft-overlooked-but nonetheless sophisticated-South Asian cultural spaces. With its calls for renewed attention to translation issues and 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

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

2. Lovers and Renouncers, or Caste and the Vernacular

3. Pariahs, or the Human and the Vernacular

4. The "Problem" of Translation

Conclusion: Postcolonialism and Comparatism

Note

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613680747

9781280769979

1280769971

9780520952348

0520952340

OCLC:

794663596