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001 2014025313
003 DLC
005 20151008075904.0
008 140721s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014025313
020 $a9781137437709 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aPR9485.2$b.I55 2014
082 00 $a820.9/954$223
084 $aLIT008020$2bisacsh
245 00 $aIndian writing in English and the global literary market /$cedited by Om Prakash Dwivedi, Assistant Professor, Taiz University, Yemen and Lisa Lau, Lecturer, Keele University, UK.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
300 $axiv, 216 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, contending that it has been both a gatekeeper and a significant force in shaping the production and consumption of this literature. As well as providing case studies of selected contemporary Indian novels in English and comparing how diasporic authors fare compared to authors within India, this volume also provides theoretical insights into the postcolonial framework in which the global literary marketplace is embedded, and comments on the exoticization and marketing strategies adopted as a result"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 198-210) and index.
650 0 $aIndic literature (English)$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aBook industries and trade$zIndia.
650 0 $aPublishers and publishing$zIndia.
650 0 $aPostcolonialism in literature.
650 0 $aGlobalization in literature.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aDwivedi, O. P.$q(Om Prakash)$eeditor.
700 1 $aLau, Lisa,$eeditor.