The English Paradigm in India : Essays in Language, Literature and Culture

This collection pulls together a wide range of perspectives to explore the possibilities and the boundaries of the paradigm of English studies in India. It examines national identity and the legacy of colonialism through a study of comparative and multi ethnic literature, education, English language studies and the role ICT now plays in all of these fields. Contributors look at how the issue of identity can be addressed and understood through food studies, linking food, culture and identity. The volume also considers the timely and very relevant question of gender in Indian society, of the role of the woman, the family and the community in patriarchal contemporary Indian society. Through the lens of literature, culture, gender, politics, this exciting volume pulls together the threads which constitute modern Indian identity.

Author: Shweta Rao Garg, Deepti Gupta

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: Oct 02, 2017

Number of Pages: 317 pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 9811053316

ISBN-13: 9789811053313