Introducing Re-Orientalism Theory and Discourse in Indian Writing in English -- The Re-orientalising Strategy of the Unreliable Narrator -- "Reverse Orientalism" and Whimsy -- Urban India Re-Orientalised -- Indian writing in English : Commodification and Re-Orientalism -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"This book examines the developing roles and practices of re-Orientalism in contemporary Indian writing in English. Re-Orientalism theory has grown exponentially in the 21st century, and developed a discourse of its own, as well as novel, strategic processes and practices. It takes a leaf out of Orientalism as practiced by the West, but builds upon Orientalist frameworks and narrative devices. This study focuses on different and novel forms of re-Orientalism strategies currently being deployed in social realism fiction, such as the increasing use of unreliable narrator, reverse Orientalism, and the role of whimsy, as well as re-Orientalism in the depiction of urban India. This book also looks at the commodification enabled by re-Orientalism within the publishing industry, in India and in the West, and how the deployment of such impacts upon the representation and understanding of contemporary Indian identity, culture, and literature"-- Provided by publisher.
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