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Author:   Chitra Sankaran
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781438441801

ISBN 10:   1438441800
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   02 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Chronological Bioprofile Introduction: Beyond Borders and Boundaries Chitra Sankaran 1. Diasporic Predicaments: An Interview with Amitav Ghosh Chitra Sankaran 2. Unlikely Encounters: Fiction and Scientific Discourse in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh Lou Ratte 3. The Glass Palace: Reconnecting Two Diasporas Nandini Bhautoo-Dewnarain 4. Resignifying ""Coolie"": Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace Shanthini Pillai 5. The Girmitiyas' Journey in Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies Rajesh Rai and Andrea Marion Pinkney 6. Shadows and Mysteries: Illusions of Imagined Communities in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines Crystal Taylor 7. Amitav Ghosh's ""Imagined Communities"": The Hungry Tide as a Possible ""Other"" World Federica Zullo 8. Sharing Landscapes and Mindscapes: Ethics and Aesthetics in Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome Chitra Sankaran 9. Language and Ethics in The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh Tuomas Huttunen 10. Ghosh, Language, and The Hungry Tide Ismail S. Talib 11. Intertexuality in Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide Shao-Pin Luo 12. ""Dwelling in Travel"": In An Antique Land and the Making of a Resisting Post-Colonial History Tammy Vernerey 13. The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium and Discovery-A Tour de Force Transcending Genres Ruby S. Ramraj 14. Inner Circles and the Voice of the Shuttle: Native Forms and Narrative Structure in Amitav Ghosh's The Circle of Reason Robbie B. H. Goh List of Contributors Index"

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Chitra Sankaran is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore and is the author of Myth Connections: The Use of Hindu Myths and Philosophies in R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao, Revised Edition.

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