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Madhurima Chakraborty posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 7 years, 10 months agoCFP: South Asian Literatures in the World
South Asian Literary Association Annual Conference
January 6-7, 2019
The Wits Hotel, Chicago, ILThe South Asian Literary Association invites papers, panels, and roundtable proposals for the 2019 annual conference to be held in Chicago January 6-7 on the topic “South Asian Literatures in the World.” We…[Read more]
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Madhurima Chakraborty replied to the topic CFP: Proposed Essay Collection: Urban Outcasts in South Asian Literature in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoDear Sreyoshi,
I’m sorry for the delay in the response– I had no idea a question had even been posted.
We are not under contract yet, but prominent publishers are interested. Their final commitment will depend, of course, on the final quality of submissions. Please consider submitting and spreading the…[Read more]
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Madhurima Chakraborty replied to the topic CFP: Proposed Essay Collection: Urban Outcasts in South Asian Literature in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoHi, Sreyoshi,
Sorry for the delay in response. The collection is not yet under contract, though we are in talks with some major publishers who seem genuinely interested at this stage. Their actual commitment will, of course, be completely dependent on the quality of submissions we get. So, please consider submitting and spreading the word! The…[Read more]
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Madhurima Chakraborty started the topic CFP: Proposed Essay Collection: Urban Outcasts in South Asian Literature in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoCities are sites of profound paradoxes, and this is currently nowhere more apparent than in South Asia where they simultaneously represent both the frontiers of globalization as well as the deeply troubling social and political inequalities of the global south. We argue that South Asian cities operate as what Rashmi Verma in her analysis of…[Read more]
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Madhurima Chakraborty started the topic CFP: Proposed Essay Collection: Urban Outcasts in South Asian Literature in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoCities are sites of profound paradoxes, and this is currently nowhere more apparent than in South Asia where they simultaneously represent both the frontiers of globalization as well as the deeply troubling social and political inequalities of the global south. We argue that South Asian cities operate as what Rashmi Verma in her analysis of…[Read more]
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Madhurima Chakraborty started the topic Nation and Its Discontents: South Asian Review Special Issue 2014 in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoHow do cultural texts address, in our times, the limits and achievements of South Asian nationalisms? The essays invited for South Asian Review’s 2014 Special Issue, “Nation and Its Discontents,” will examine this central question from various perspectives. Despite a long history of the critique of nationalism in and through South Asian cultu…[Read more]
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Madhurima Chakraborty started the topic Nation and Its Discontents: South Asian Review Special Issue in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoHow do cultural texts address, in our times, the limits and achievements of South Asian nationalisms? The essays invited for South Asian Review’s 2014 Special Issue, “Nation and Its Discontents,” will examine this central question from various perspectives. Despite a long history of the critique of nationalism in and through South Asian cultu…[Read more]
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