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100			_aShankar, S.
245			_aFlesh and fish blood : _bpostcolonialism, translation, and the vernacular / _cS. Shankar
260			_aIndia _bOrient BlackSwan _c2012
300			_a185 p.
365			_aINR _b575.00.
500			_a 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.
650			_aIndia
650			_aPostcolonialism in motion pictures
650			_aIndic Literature
650			_aPostmodernism (Literature)
650			_aPostmodernism
650			_aIndic literature -- Translations -- History and criticism.
650			_aIndic literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
650			_aPostcolonialism in motion pictures.
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