Narrative of the Village: Centre of the Periphery

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Narrative of the Village: Centre of the Periphery attempts to dismantle the polarities of center and margin and substantiate the way they interconnect and flow into each other across all difference of region and language. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, the essays in this volume foray into sociological, political, economic and narratological issues in order to fathom the rural life of India. Landscapes, histories and folk culture interact with each other to affect both narrative constructs and power0structures. The period covered by the essays spans nearly a hundred years and traces the history of India from the early decades through the dislocations of the partitions right up to the present in an attempt to recapture the past, relocate priorities, recover lost myths and unveil the process of nation construction. The preoccupation with village India has been a constant concern with writers and film-makers from all regions and languages. Premchand, Sarat Chandra, Bibhutibhushan banerjee, Buddhadev Guha, Khushwant Singh, Krishna Sobti, Rahi Masoom Reza, Kamala Markandeya, Ashis Gupta, Phaneshwar Nath Renu, Thakazi Shankar Pillai, Thapil Mohammed Meeran, Sharan Kumar Limbale, O.V. Vijayan and David Davidar being only some of them. The kaleidoscopic nature of village life has always been a part of the nation’s imagination. The essays in this volume, open out the narrative of the subcontinental village to look at it anew in all its complexities and sociological concerns, to unfold a multi-layered reality.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jasbir Jain

Jasbir Jain, writer and critic, Emeritus Fellow, university of Rajasthan, has worked extensively on the Indian novel. Amongst her recent publications are Women in Patriarchy and gendered realities, Human Spaces: The present work is third in a series of writings on the Indian novel and covers the post-independence period. Currently, she is working on the indigenous roots of feminism.

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Title
Narrative of the Village: Centre of the Periphery
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8131600084
Length
x+302p., References; Index; 22cm.
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