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02449aam a2200349 i 4500 001 B8B48B8425A111EC99F17AB23DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211005010046 008 201027t20212021enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1788737466 020 $a 9781788737463 035 $a (OCoLC)1201680148 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d CDX $d UAB $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d GZN $d SILO 043 $a d------ 050 4 $a PN56 P555 M34 2021 100 1 $a Majumdar, Nivedita, $e author. 245 14 $a The world in a grain of sand : $b postcolonial literature and radical universalism / $c Nivedita Majumdar. 264 1 $a London : $b Verso, $c 2021. 300 $a xi, 225 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Radical universalism vs postcolonial theory. The World in a Grain of Sand offers a framework for reading literature from the global South that goes against the grain of dominant theories in cultural studies, especially, postcolonial theory. It critiques the valorization of the local in cultural theories typically accompanied by a rejection of universal categories - viewed as Eurocentric projections. But the privileging of the local usually amounts to an exercise in exoticization of the South. The book argues that the rejection of Eurocentric theories can be complemented by embracing another, richer and non-parochial form of universalism. Through readings of texts from India, Sri Lanka, Palestine and Egypt, the book shows that the fine grained engagement with culture, the mapping of ordinary lives not just as objects but subjects of their history, is embedded in much of postcolonial literature in a radical universalism - one that is rooted in local realities, but is able to unearth in them the needs, conflicts and desires that stretch across cultures and time. It is a universalism recognized by Marx and steeped in the spirit of anti-colonialism, but hostile to any whiff of exoticism"--Google books. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Postcolonialism. 650 0 $a Postcolonialism in literature. 650 0 $a Decolonization in literature. 650 0 $a Literature $x History and criticism. 651 0 $a Developing countries $x Literatures. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781788737470 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022854.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20211102014415.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B8B48B8425A111EC99F17AB23DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search