TY - BOOK AU - Gopal,Priyamvada TI - Literary radicalism in India: gender, nation and the transition to independence T2 - Routledge research in postcolonial literatures SN - 0415329043 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - PK5416 .G67 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - All-India Progressive Writers Association KW - History KW - Indic literature KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Gender identity in literature KW - Nationalism in literature N1 - 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; Also available as an electronic resource UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780415329040 ER -