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Contagion narratives : the society, culture and ecology of the global south / edited by R. Sreejith Varma and Ajanta Sircar.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in world literatures and the environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicable diseases in literature.
- Communicable diseases in popular culture.
- South Asian literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- South Asian literature.
- African literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- African literature.
- Communicable diseases--Social aspects--Developing countries.
- Communicable diseases.
- Communicable diseases--Political aspects--Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 179 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- R. Sreejith Varma is an assistant professor at the Department of English, School of Social Sciences and Languages at Vellore Institute of Technology, India. He earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2018. Along with Swarnalatha Rangarajan, he is the translator of Mayilamma: The Life of a Tribal Eco-Warrior (2018) that chronicles the life of Mayilamma, the tribal leader of the anti-Coca-Cola campaign in Plachimada, Kerala. This translation project was the winner of the 2015 ASLE-USA Translation Grant. He is also a bilingual poet who writes in English and Malayalam, his first language. Ajanta Sircar is a professor in the Department of English, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, India. She completed her PhD from the University of East Anglia, Norwich (1993-1997). She has won numerous national and international awards such as the Commonwealth Fellowship, 1993, to most recently being nominated as Visiting Chair, India Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC (2014-2015), by the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India. She is the author of two books: Framing the Nation: Languages of 'Modernity' in India (2011) and The Category of Children's Cinema in India (2016).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 10, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Contagion narratives
- ISBN:
- 9781003285373
- 1003285376
- 9781000811049
- 1000811042
- 9781000810974
- 1000810976
- Publisher Number:
- 99992804256
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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