Gendered Ways of Transnational Un-Belonging from a Comparative Literature Perspective

Product Description


As the outcome of an international conference held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, this book provides a collection of productive texts on, and novel critical approaches to, comparative literature for young scholars. The wide range of analytical approaches employed here allow for the opening up of texts to new readings. The contributions here encompass readings of cinema, advertisements and literary representations, such as novels, poems and short stories, and are pertinent for scholars in media studies, cultural studies, gender studies, sociology and literature. As a commentary on contemporary representations of gender, the book is also relevant for all higher education institutions which seek to heighten gender sensitivity.


About the Author


Indrani Mukherjee is a Professor at the School of Language, Literature, and Culture Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her publications are focused on the fields of comparative literature, cultural studies and the pedagogy of literature. Her most recent book is Transcultural Negotiations of Gender: Studies in (Be)longing (2016). She is on the Advisory Board of Postcolonial Interventions: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Postcolonial Studies. Java Singh completed her PhD thesis on Latin American Literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. She teaches graduate and post-graduate courses in the Spanish Department in Doon University, India. She also holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.