The anxiety of Indianness: Our novels in English
M Mukherjee - Economic and Political Weekly, 1993 - JSTOR
M Mukherjee
Economic and Political Weekly, 1993•JSTORNo one would write a doctoral dissertation on the Indianness of a Marathi novel, but when it
comes to English fiction originating in our country, not only does the issue of Indianness
become a favourite essentialising obsession in academic writings and the book review
circuit, the writers themselves do not seem unaffected by it, the complicating factor being that
English is not just any language-it was the language of our colonial rulers and continues
even now to be the language of power and privilege.
comes to English fiction originating in our country, not only does the issue of Indianness
become a favourite essentialising obsession in academic writings and the book review
circuit, the writers themselves do not seem unaffected by it, the complicating factor being that
English is not just any language-it was the language of our colonial rulers and continues
even now to be the language of power and privilege.
No one would write a doctoral dissertation on the Indianness of a Marathi novel, but when it comes to English fiction originating in our country, not only does the issue of Indianness become a favourite essentialising obsession in academic writings and the book review circuit, the writers themselves do not seem unaffected by it, the complicating factor being that English is not just any language-it was the language of our colonial rulers and continues even now to be the language of power and privilege.
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