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Gopal, Priyamvada, 1968-

Literary radicalism in India : gender, nation and the transition to independence / Priyamvada Gopal. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - xii, 177 p. ; 25 cm. - Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; 11 . - Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; 11. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-173) and index.

1. The critical spirit : decolonisation and the Progressive Writers Association -- 2. Gender, modernity and the politics of space : Rashid Jahan, 'Angareywali' -- 3. Habitations of womanhood : Ismat Chughtai's secret history of modernity -- 4. Dangerous bodies : masculinity, morality and social transformation in Manto -- 5. Straight talk or spicy masala? Citizenship, humanism and affect in the cinematic work of K. A. Abbas.



ISBN: 0415329043 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780415329040

LCCN: 2004019220

Subjects--Corporate Names:
All-India Progressive Writers Association--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indic literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Gender identity in literature.
Nationalism in literature.

LC Class. No.: PK5416 / .G67 2005