Imaginary Maps

Name: Imaginary Maps
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ISBN: 9780415904636

ISBN-10: 0415904633

ISBN-13: 9780415904636

Edition: 1995

Authors: Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

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Weaving history, myth, and current political realities, these three stories by noted Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi explore troubling motifs in contemporary Indian life through the figures and narratives of the indigenous tribes in India. Both delicate and violent, Devi's stories map the experiences of the "tribals" and tribal life under decolonization. Whether rendering themes of catastrophic ecological loss, the connections between local elites and international capitalism, or the role of gender in manifesting resistance in "The Hunt" and "Douloti the Bountiful," or the deftly wrought allegory of tribal agony in "Pterodactyl, Pirtha, and Puran Sahay," Ms. Devi always in turn links the…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/16/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



The Author in Conversation


Translator's Preface


Translator's Note


The Hunt


Douloti the Bountiful


Pterodacytl, Puran Sahay, and Pirtha


Afterword