Nation in Imagination: Essays on Nationalism, Sub-Nationalisms and Narration - Hardcover

C. Vijayasree; Meenakshi Mukherjee; Harish Trivedi; T. Vijay Kumar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8125033637 ISBN 13: 9788125033639

Publisher: Orient Longman, 2008

Synopsis

The book is a collection of papers presented at the 13th Triennial conference of the Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS), held in 2004 in Hyderabad. The essays examine the swiftly changing connotations of nation in today s global world. The contributors to the volume come from different parts of the world, and this makes the collection a truly cross-cultural attempt to re-examine nationalism and understand its complex negotiations in the present. The title Nation in Imagination points to the shaping influence of narratives in the shifting contours of the concept of nation.

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About the Author:

Dr C. Vijayasree is Professor of English at Osmania University, Hyderabad. Dr Meenakshi Mukherjee retired as Professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr Harish Trivedi is Professor of English at Delhi University, Delhi. Dr T. Vijay Kumar is Professor of English at Osmania University, Hyderabad.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orient Longman
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 8125033637
• ISBN 13: 9788125033639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296