Publisher |
Primus Books |
Publication Year |
2020 |
ISBN-13 |
9789389850857 |
ISBN-10 |
9789389850857 |
Binding |
Hardcover |
Number of Pages |
440 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Weight (grms) |
680 |
The second volume of Kolkata in space, time, and imagination continues with the br>Theme of the ordinary and the everyday, with special attention paid to the under classes of the city, focusing on certain labouring sectors (including feminized ones) that have always been marginalized in the city’s history and yet do assert their ‘right to the city’ even in this age of neoliberal economics that seems to be rapidly turning the city into a utopia for the middle-class. This volume, Moreover, deals with the efflorescence of creative imagination in the city’s culturescape, focusing on certain literary and artistic genres. It also shows how, in a sense, the city itself is an imagined existence, albeit a pluralistic one, and how perceptions of the city’s past and the conservation of its heritage are also largely determined by imagination. Just as the first volume highlights the politics of space and time, the present one makes a nuanced study of the politics of culture in the city.
Anuradha Roy
Anuradha Roy's novel Sleeping on Jupiter was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2016 and won the D.S.C. prize for South Asian Literature. She won the Economist Crossword Prize, India's premier award for fiction, for her novel The Folded Earth, which was nominated for several other prizes including the Man Asia, the D.S.C., and the Hindu Literary Award. Her first novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, has been widely translated and was named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and The Seattle Times.
Anuradha Roy
Primus Books