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Spectre of scarcity and hunger : Indian literature and the idea of famine / edited by Shubhanku Kochar and Shehnaz Kabir.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- South Asian literature in focus
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Famines in literature.
- Hunger in literature.
- Indic literature--Translations into English--History and criticism.
- Indic literature.
- Indic literature (English)--History and criticism.
- Indic literature (English).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- illustration
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2027]
- System Details:
- digital
- Contents:
- Introduction Section I - Mythology, Morality, and Faith 1. Good Ruler, Good Earth: An Analysis of the Representation of Famine as Karmic Effect in Select Texts from Ancient India 2. Famished Ground, Hungry Being: Udg? tha and Selfhood in Ch?ndogya Upanishad 3. Ethical Dilemmas and Desperation during Famine: Exploring Moral Choices in Desperate Circumstances in the Mahabharata 4. Food and Crying for Food in the Bengal Ma?gala K?byas of the 18th Century Section II - Alternative Approach to Plays and Paraliterature 5. Famine, Tughlaq and Girish Karnad: A Historical Analysis 6. Reclaiming the Memories of Famine in India through the Writings of Mughal Court Writers 7. Representation of Entitlement and Deprivation: Reading Bengal Famine through Bijan Bhattacharya's Plays Section III - Statehood and Community Trauma 8. Bankimchandra's Anandamath and the Spectre of the Bengal Famine of 1770 9. Alimentary Catastrophes and Tragedies of Hunger on Screen: Exploring Mrinal Sen's Baishey Srabon (1960) and Akaler Sandhane (In Search of a Famine, 1980) through a Postcolonial Lens 10. Hungry Man Reach for the Book. It is a Weapon!: The Political Economy of Famine, Caste, Class and Imperialism in Bhabani Bhattacharya's So Many Hungers and He Who Rides a Tiger 11. Bamboo Flowering and Rat Flood in Mizoram: Description of the 'Mautam' Famine in Malsawmi Jacob's 'Zorami: The Redemption Song' Section IV - Voice of the Marginalized 12. Chronicles of the Na'anka Durbhikhya: Understanding Famines and Social Realism in Odisha through the Writings of Kanhu Charan Mohanty 13. Where Famine is Life: A Study of the Select Karisal Short Stories 14. An Exploration of Kalahandi Famine as 'New Famine': Depiction of Hunger, Mass Starvation, and Death in Post-independence Odia Literature 15. Palamau is a Mirror of India": Famine, Seed, and Making the Subaltern Matter Afterword.
- Notes:
- "Taylor & Francis".
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Taylor and Francis, viewed June 23, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Spectre of scarcity and hunger :
- ISBN:
- 9781003665687
- 1003665683
- Publisher Number:
- 90104843080
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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