| The Indian Family in Transition: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts Contributor(s): Ltd, Sage Publications Pvt (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 076193569X ISBN-13: 9780761935698 Publisher: Sage OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.07 lbs) 382 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Includes "A Dialog with Amartya Sen". This book critiques literary and cultural representations of the Indian family to explore the manner in which the family and its structure are in transition. The papers explore and expose how the Indian family, whether in India or in diaspora, needs to be redefined in the current context-in this age of rapid industrialization, cultural and economic globalization, and the emergence of new technologies. The family is viewed from a variety of perspectives, as represented in film, theatre, and literature-both English and vernacular. Including reflective pieces by several well-known scholars, this volume offers a holistic understanding of local and global shifts and fissures that shape the family today. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lal, Malashri: - Malashri Lal is currently the Dean of Colleges, and also the Dean, Academic Activities and Projects at the University of Delhi. She has held other senior administrative positions in the same university, including that of the Head, Department of English (2000-03), Director, Women's Studies (2000-06) and Joint Director, South Campus (2006-11). As a recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright, the British Council, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Shastri-Indo Canadian Institute, she has conducted research in prestigious institutes, including Harvard University, USA, Bellagio, Italy, and Newcastle, UK. Malashri Lal's academic specialisation is in Women and Gender Studies, a subject on which she has written ten books. Her book The law of the threshold: Women writers in Indian English was widely acclaimed. Recently, she has co-edited In search of Sita: Revisiting mythology and Chamba-achamba: Women's oral narratives. She has served on international book award committees, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.DasGupta, Sanjukta: - Sanjukta Dasgupta, Professor and Former Head, Department of English and currently Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Calcutta, is a critic, translator, and a poet. She has published in journals in India and abroad. Her awards and grants include the British Council Charles Wallace Scholar grant, Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Associate Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, etc. She participated in the fifi rst Writers' and Literary Translators' International Congress (WALTIC) at Stockholm and also served as Chairperson for the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia region), organized by the Commonwealth Foundation, UK. Professor Dasgupta is the Managing Editor of FAMILIES: A Journal of Representations and Assistant Editor of Journal of Women's Studies, Calcutta University. |
