Clearing a Space by Francis Robinson
In the essays assembled in Clearing a Space, Chaudhuri draws on his own experiences to offer an acute exploration of what it means to be a modern Indian in relation to history. Often beginning with the personal, he inquires into the nature of the secular in India, into the history of such categories as the West, the foreign, the global and the exotic, and into the frequently torn and self-divided nature of modern Indian identity. With the same elegance and intelligence for which he has become known, Chaudhuri writes in these essays about Indian popular culture and high culture, travel and location in Paris, Bombay, Dublin, Calcutta and New York, empire and nationalism, Indian and Western cinema, the place of the everyday in Indian creativity, music, art and literature, politics, race, cosmopolitanism, urban landscapes, Hollywood and Bollywood, Anglophone India, internationalism, globalisation, the Indian English tradition that predates Rushdie, post-colonialism and much more.Amit Chaudhuri has established himself as one of the most influential characters in current culture during the past 15 years. He is an internationally recognized musician and prominent essayist, as well as the author of several award-winning novels, including A Weird and Sublime Address and Afternoon Raag. His pieces have published in a variety of publications, including the London Review of Books and Granta. He is currently the University of East Anglia's Professor of Current Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906165017 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906165017 |
| Title | Clearing a Space |
| Author | Amit Chaudhuri |
| Series | Peter Lang Ltd |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers |
| Year published | 2008-12-26 |
| Number of pages | 332 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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