Can nakedness speak? Re-thinking Mahasweta Devi’s narratives of insurgent victimhood in the era of naked protests
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DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2024.2435078
Abstract: ABSTRACT Women’s nakedness, especially in the public sphere, has always been consciously projected as a discourse of taboo and shame, thus allowing it to play a covert role in taming and turning assertive women into… read more here.
Keywords: naked protests; era naked; nakedness speak; mahasweta devi ... See more keywords
Mutant worlds, migrant words: Rabindranath Tagore, Mahasweta Devi and Amitav Ghosh
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DOI: 10.1177/0725513621990795
Abstract: Drawing upon the insights of Rabindranath Tagore, who coined the term viswasahitya to express his own understanding of comparative literature, this essay resituates translation as the cornerstone for new directions in world literature. While conventional… read more here.
Keywords: mahasweta devi; literature; world literature; translation ... See more keywords
Indigenous Ecologies in Mahasweta Devi’s Chotti Munda and His Arrow
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DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v16n1.01
Abstract: Designating the connection between literature and environment this paper highlights Mahasweta Devi’s Chotti Munda and His Arrow from the standpoint of postcolonial ecocriticism where it highlights how the survival of the tribal is ecologically related… read more here.
Keywords: history; chotti munda; mahasweta devi; munda arrow ... See more keywords