Mahasweta Devi Writer Activist Visionary Writer in Context 1st Edition by Radha Chakravarty 9781000873139 1000873137

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• ISBN 10: 1000873137
• ISBN 13: 9781000873139
• Author: Radha Chakravarty

Mahasweta Devi occupies a singular position in the history of modern Indian literature and world literature. This book engages with Devi’s works as a writer-activist who critically explored subaltern subjectivities, the limits of history and the harsh social realities of post-independence India. The volume showcases Devi’s oeuvre and versatility through samples of her writing – in translation from the original Bengali—including Jhansir Rani, Hajar Churashir Ma, and Bayen among others. It also looks at the use of language, symbolism, mythic elements and heteroglossia in Devi’s exploration of heterogeneous themes such as exploitation, violence, women’s subjectivities, depredation of the environment and failures of the nation state. The book analyses translations and adaptations of her work, debates surrounding her activism and politics and critical reception to give readers an overview of the writer’s life, influences, achievements and legacy. It highlights the multiple concerns in her writings and argues that the aesthetic aspects of Mahasweta Devi’s work form an essential part of her politics. Part of the ‘Writer in Context’ series, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of Indian literature, Bengali literature, English literature, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, global south studies and translation studies.

Table contents:

Section 1 Spectrum: The Writer’s Oeuvre
1 Fictionalised Biography: The Queen of Jhansi
2 Novel: Mother of 1084
3 Short Story: Giribala
4 Drama: Bayen
5 Children’s Literature: Nyadosh, the Incredible Cow
6 Literary Criticism: Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Section 2 Kaleidoscope: Critical Reception
7 Novelist Mahasweta Devi: The Critical Tradition
8 Mahasweta Devi: In Search of a Rare Uniqueness
9 Hajar Churashir Ma, Mahasweta, and the Next Phase of the Bangla Novel
10 Mahasweta Devi: Forests and Nature
11 Mahasweta Devi’s Writings: An Evaluation
12 Reading “Pterodactyl”
13 Douloti as a National Allegory
14 Re-ordering the Maternal: Histories of Violence in Mahasweta Devi, Toni Morrison, and Amrita Pritam
15 The Politics of Positionality: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Samik Bandyopadhyay as Translators of Mahasweta Devi
16 Reconsidering ‘Fictionalised Biographies’: Mahasweta Devi’s Queen of Jhansi and Mamoni Raisom Goswami’s The Bronze Sword of Thengphakhri Tehsildar
17 Writing for the Stage: The Plays of Mahasweta Devi
18 Sahitya as Kinesis: Performative Potential in Stage and Screen Adaptations of Mahasweta Devi’s Works
Section 3 Ablaze With Rage: The Writer as Activist
19 Tribal Language and Literature: The Need for Recognition
20 Eucalyptus: Why?
21 ‘Palamau Is a Mirror of India’
22 The Adivasi Mahasweta
23 Haunted Landscapes: Mahasweta Devi and the Anthropocene
Section 4 Personal Glimpses: A Life in Words
24 Our Santiniketan
25 Talking Writing: Conversations With Mahasweta Devi
26 ‘To Find Me, Read My Work’: Dialogues With Mahasweta Devi
27 Family Reminiscences
I I Am Truly Amazed
II Baba, Ma, Our Home
III The Didi I Have Known
IV My Mother
V Mahasweta Devi: The ‘Mashi’ Who Wrote Fearlessly About Caste, Class, and Patriarchy
28 Shobor Mother Mahasweta Devi
29 Small Big Things
30 Mahasweta Devi: A Legend Who Lived on Her Own Terms
31 ‘Every Dream Has the Right to Live’

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