The English Paradigm in India
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This collection pulls together a wide range of perspectives to explore the possibilities and the boundaries of the paradigm of English studies in India. It examines national identity and the legacy of colonialism through a study of comparative and multi ethnic literature, education, English language studies and the role ICT now plays in all of these fields. Contributors look at how the issue of identity can be addressed and understood through food studies, linking food, culture and identity. The volume also considers the timely and very relevant question of gender in Indian society, of the…mehr

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This collection pulls together a wide range of perspectives to explore the possibilities and the boundaries of the paradigm of English studies in India. It examines national identity and the legacy of colonialism through a study of comparative and multi ethnic literature, education, English language studies and the role ICT now plays in all of these fields. Contributors look at how the issue of identity can be addressed and understood through food studies, linking food, culture and identity. The volume also considers the timely and very relevant question of gender in Indian society, of the role of the woman, the family and the community in patriarchal contemporary Indian society. Through the lens of literature, culture, gender, politics, this exciting volume pulls together the threads which constitute modern Indian identity.
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Dr. Shweta Rao Garg teaches at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India. She was awarded Gujarat University Gold medal in English during her B.A. and received a Graduation Scholarship during her M.A. Her research on the depiction of food in Indian-American women's writings earned her a Fulbright Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) in 2010. She also won the Sahitya Akademi Prize for translation in 2008.  Dr. Deepti Gupta is a Professor of English and the Dean of International Students at Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. She has more than thirty years of experience in teaching and research with several national and international publications in ELT , Linguistics and Literature.