Imagining the self in South Asian and African literatures. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Inder Sidhu.
• Authors: Sidhu, Inder
• Contents: 1.- Introduction.- 2 Negotiating Difference: Positioning the Self in Sake Dean Mahomet's The Travels of Dean Mahomet, a Native of Patna in Bengal, Through Several Parts of India, While in the Service of the Honourable the East India Company (1794) and Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African (1789).- 3 Importing Knowledge and Theory: The Authorial Self and the Expert Position in Henry Callaway's Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulu (1868) and R. C. Temple's Legends of the Punjab (1884-1900). - 4 The Divisible Self — Global-Local Journeys in G.V. Desani's All About H. Hatterr (1948) and Amos Tutuola's The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952).- 5 Talking Back — The Uncertain Self and Counter-Narratives in Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger (2008) and Tsitsi Dangarembga's The Book of Not (2006).- 6 Conclusion.- 8 Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (171 pages)
• Subjects: 820.9954; South Asian literature (English) -- History and criticism; African literature (English) -- History and criticism; Self in literature; Self (Philosophy) in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031276057
• Related ISBNs: 9783031276040
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