What happens when we speak about violence? Ramu Nagappan joins contemporary discussions of the ethics of representing suffering through an examination of literary and cinematic texts that bear witness to social violence in South Asia. The book focuses on literary works by Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry, Saadat Hasan Manto, Salman Rushdie, and the "Spectacular" Bollywood films of director Maniratnam.
What happens when we speak about violence? Ramu Nagappan joins contemporary discussions of the ethics of representing suffering through an examination of literary and cinematic texts that bear witness to social violence in South Asia. The book focuses on literary works by Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry, Saadat Hasan Manto, Salman Rushdie, and the "Spectacular" Bollywood films of director Maniratnam.
Ramu Nagappan is an instructor and coordinator of Interdisciplinary Studies in Medicine and the Humanities in the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Introduction: Who Owns Suffering? 1. Writing and Redemption 2. The Argument of Fiction 3. Murderous Fictions 4. The Momentary Pleasures of Reconcilation Coda Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: Who Owns Suffering? 1. Writing and Redemption 2. The Argument of Fiction 3. Murderous Fictions 4. The Momentary Pleasures of Reconcilation Coda Notes Bibliography Index
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