Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First Century Literature and Culture: Voices of the Marginalized

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Navleen Multani

Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First Century Literature and Culture

Voices of the Marginalized

Navleen Multani

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Routledge
30 January 2025

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Humanities; Cultural studies; Sociology

Series: Routledge Literary Studies in Social Justice

Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First Century Literature and Culture: Voices of the Marginalized is a compendium of reflections on literary texts, politics of literature and culture. The book proffers ruminations on the pivotal role of constructive and positive resistance to reconstruct identities for meaningful human existence. The disciplinary power and dominance coerce the natural body to resist and yearn for freedom. One can establish unique identity by refusing to conform to pressures of society that deform the natural body. Dominant forces and oppressive structures evoke resistance that can range from 'polite demurral' to 'refusal'. Resistance comes from the 'will' that refuses to be controlled and governed. The 'refusal' of the ordinary illuminates ordinary lives/ bodies. Language and literary texts contain essential truths of such human existence. Words and imaginary worlds in literary works reveal truth and suggest possibilities for reconfiguring the order.

By: Navleen Multani
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 344g
ISBN: 9781032443690
ISBN 10: 1032443693
Series: Routledge Literary Studies in Social Justice
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgments Part I 1. Jacques Rancière and the ""Politics of Literature"" 2. Albert Camus's Concept of Resistance 3. Michel de Certeau and Spatial Practices Part II 4. Arundhati Roy's An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire 5. The Branded 6. Resistance in P. Sachidanandan's Govardhan's Travels 7. Women in Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide 8. Indra Sinha's Animal's People Part III 9. Mahasweta Devi's Mother of 1084 10. The Marginalized in Breast Stories 11. Veiled Identities in Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran 12. Transnational Identities in The Namesake 13. ""Strangenesses and Selves"" in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine 14. Sophocles' Antigone Part IV 15. The Bog Body in Seamus Heaney’s ""Punishment"" 16. Environmental Imagination and Culture Bibliography Index

Navleen Multani is an Associate Professor in English, Head, School of Languages, and Director, Public Relations Cell at Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University (JGND PSOU), Patiala (India). She is a postgraduate in English from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and holds PhD in English Literature and Language from Punjabi University Patiala (Punjab, India). She is Member of the Research Committee and the Academic Council at JGND PSOU. She is Area Editor with Oxford Online Bibliographies: Literary and Critical Theory. She has edited Essays on Classics (2019). She is Program Coordinator MA English and Certificate Course in Effective Business and Social Communication at JGND PSOU. She specializes in theories of resistance and Indian writings. Research articles on contemporary topics written by her have been published in Sahitya Akademi’s Indian Literature. She teaches language, literature, linguistics and communication skills in various degree programs.