Shobna Nijhawan

Hindi Publishing in Colonial Lucknow

Gender, Genre, and Visuality in the Creation of a Literary 'Canon'

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Produktbeschreibung

This book centers on the literary activities emerging out of the north Indian publishing house Ganga Pustak Mala and its house periodical Sudha, a literary, social, political and illustrated monthly in the first half of the twentieth century. Building on the defining work of G¿rd Genette on paratexts as well as on scholarship on text-image relationships, this book charts the emergence and commercialization as well as nationalization of Hindi literaryproduction in the city of Lucknow.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 147mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780199488391
• ISBN-10: 0199488398
• Artikelnr.: 54436614

Autorenporträt

Shobna Nijhawan, Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, York University

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Illustrations, Figures and Maps
Acknowledgements
Note on Orthography and Translation
Introduction: Gender, Genre, and Visuality: New Approaches to the
Study of Periodicals
Chapter One: The Hindi Literary Sphere (1920s1940s): A
Micro-Perspective from Lucknow
Chapter Two: Marketing Sudha (1927-1941): Objectives, Scopes, and
Appeal
Chapter Three: 'Canon' Formation (Part I): Literature for
Middle-Class Readers
Chapter Four: 'Canon' Formation (Part II): Sudha's Repository of
Knowledge
Conclusion: Literary Visions and Gendered Visuality in the Hindi
Public Sphere
Bibliography
Index
About the Author