Postcolonial Environments

Nature, Culture and the Contemporary Indian Novel in English
2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-21937-3
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 203 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Postcolonial Environments examines the relationship between contemporary environmental crises and culture by offering a series of provocative readings of key Indian novels in English, making an original and important contribution to the emerging theories of 'green postcolonialism'.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mukherjee, U.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction From Earth Day to Earth Summits 'Green Postcolonialism' and 'Postcolonial Green' Towards Eco-Materialism The River and the Dance: Arundhati Roy Water/Land: Amitav Ghosh Dead Air: Indra Sinha 'Blood on my water': Ruchir Joshi Endnotes References Index

Über Autor(innen)

UPAMANYU PABLO MUKHERJEE was born in Calcutta, India, and educated there. He won a Rhodes Scholarship to study in Oxford, UK, and went on to teach at Cambridge, Newcastle and Warwick Universities. He is the author of (2005)