| Breast Stories Revised Edition Contributor(s): Devi, Mahasweta (Author), Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty (Translator) |
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ISBN: 8170461405 ISBN-13: 9788170461401 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: 891.443 |
| LCCN: 97902742 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost literary figures, a prolific and best-selling author in Bengali of short fiction and novels, and a deeply political social activist who has been working in marginalized communities for decades. Breast Stories is a collection of short fiction that focuses on the breast as more than a symbol of beauty, eroticism, or motherhood. Instead, it is seen as a harsh indictment of an exploitative social system and a weapon of resistance. At a time when violence towards women in India has escalated exponentially, Devi's acerbic writing exposes the inherently vicious systems in Indian society. |
Contributor Bio(s): Devi, Mahasweta: - Mahasweta Devi(1926 2016) was a writer and social activist. She was the author of numerous plays, essays, novels, and short stories.Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty: - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivakis university professor in the humanities at Columbia University and the author of many books, including "The Post-Colonial Critic", "Nationalism and the Imagination" and, with Judith Butler, "Who Sings the Nation-State?", the last two also published by Seagull Books. |