Human Rights and the Arts in Global Asia

An Anthology
Herausgeber: Goossen, Theodore W.; Hazra, Anindo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This anthology presents literary and dramatic works from across Asia and the Asian diaspora, some appearing in English for the first time. These works question the standards that society employs to consider a historical period in which universal human rights and civil liberties are considered secondary to collective good.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9780739194133
• ISBN-10: 0739194135
• Artikelnr.: 41373361

Autorenporträt

Theodore W. Goossen is professor of humanities at York University and founding member of the Department of Contemporary Literary Studies at the University of Tokyo. Anindo Hazra is a PhD candidate in English at York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Theodore W. Goossen and Anindo Hazra
editors 1.A Life in Transit by Noor Zaheer
translated by Arun P. Mukherjee 2.The Hallucinatory World of Aoge by Liao Zixin
translated by Gordon Anderson 3.Sri Sumarah by Umar Kayam
translated by John H. McGlynn 4.Tamil poems by Cheran
V.I.S. Jayapalan and Puthuvai Ratnathurai
translated by Nedra 5.Red Dates by Yuasa Katsue
translated by Jooyeon Rhee 6.Into the Light by Kim Saryang
translated by Theodore W. Goossen 7.Tibetan poems by Ju Kalsang and Poets 1-8
translated by Françoise Robin 8.The Padma River Boatman (excerpt) by Manik Bandopadhyaya
translated by Barbara Painter and Yann Lovelock 9.Voice Upon Voice (abridged) by Lena Simanjuntak and Teater Perempuan Independen
translated by Michael Bodden and Saraswati Sunindyo 10.From the Diaspora: poems by Sheniz Janmohamed and Bushra Rehman