Introduction: The Reception of Indian Writing in English (IWE) in the Global Literary Market / Om Prakash Dwivedi and Lisa Lau -- Writing India Right: Indian Writing and the Global Market / Vrinda Nabar -- Indian Writing in English as Celebrity /Pramod K. Nayar -- How Does it feel to be the Solution? Indians and Indian Diasporic Fiction: Their Role in the Market Place and the University / Dorothy M. Figueira -- Commodifying Culture: Language and Exoticism in IWE / Nivedita Majumdar -- Indian Writing in the West: Imperialism, Exoticism and Visibility / V. G. Julie Rajan -- Of Sarisa and Spices : Marketing Paratexts of Indian Women's Fiction / Belén Martín-Lucas -- Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss and the Troubled Symbolic Production of a Man Booker Prize Winner / Daniel Allington -- Global Goondas? Money, Crime and Social Anxieties in Aravind Adiga's Writings / Robbie B. H. Goh -- In the Right Place at The Right Time: A Tale of Two Brothers, Rohinton and Cyrus Mustry / Rochelle Almeida -- '(Not) readily available': Kiran Nagarkar in the Global Market / Dirk Wiemann.
Summary:
"Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, contending that it has been both a gatekeeper and a significant force in shaping the production and consumption of this literature. As well as providing case studies of selected contemporary Indian novels in English and comparing how diasporic authors fare compared to authors within India, this volume also provides theoretical insights into the postcolonial framework in which the global literary marketplace is embedded, and comments on the exoticization and marketing strategies adopted as a result"-- Provided by publisher.
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