Acts of Angry Writing: On Citizenship and Orientalism in Postcolonial India Contributor(s): Marino, Alessandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814340571 ISBN-13: 9780814340578 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $64.34 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
LCCN: 2015950435 |
Series: Citizenship Studies |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 284 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From Aristotle to Seneca, ancient philosophers considered anger to be aggressive and incompatible with rational conduct, and later thinkers associated this "illogical" emotion with femininity and its flaws. In Acts of Angry Writing: On Citizenship and Orientalism in Postcolonial India, author Alessandra Marino looks at anger differently, as an essential condition for writing in contexts of struggle. Analyzing the activist literature and autobiographical writings of Indian writers Mahasweta Devi, Arundhati Roy, and Sampat Pal, Marino sheds light on anger as a trigger for the political writing where struggles for the basic rights of indigenous people and lower castes are fought. |