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  • Postcolonial Biology

    Psyche and Flesh after Empire

    by Deepika Bahri ...
    Although the body has been a vast subject for postcolonial studies, few theorists have attempted to go beyond the simple mixing of races in examining the impact of colonialism on the colonized body. However, as Deepika Bahri argues, it is essential to see the postcolonial body in a variety of forms: as capable of transformation not only in psyche and outward behavior but also in flesh and blood ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

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    Vincent Calvino Crime Novels, #14

    by HeavenLakePress, Christopher G. Moore ...
    Series Book 14 - Vincent Calvino Crime Novels
    In The Marriage Tree, Christopher G. Moore delivers a haunting addition to his Shamus Award-winning Vincent Calvino noir detective series. Set in the heart of Thailand, this atmospheric thriller explores the intersection of crime, mysticism, and human suffering.When a brilliant woman's bizarre "marriage of the dead" ceremonies lead to a series of ritualistic killings, private investigator Vincent ... Read more

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  • The Wallet of Kai Lung

    Enriched edition. A Journey Through Ancient China's Fantastical Adventures

    by Ernest Bramah, Zoe Parsons ...
    In "The Wallet of Kai Lung," Ernest Bramah masterfully crafts a captivating collection of stories that blend ancient Chinese folklore with a distinctly English sense of humor. The narrative unfolds through the exploits of the clever and witty Kai Lung, a wandering storyteller whose tales are laced with moral lessons and satirical observations on humanity. Bramah's whimsical prose and intricate ... Read more

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  • The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen Abridged Version

    by Chris Baker (Translator), Pasuk Phongpaichit (Translator) ...
    This outstanding classic of the Thai language is an entertaining folk epic set in the social panorama of traditional Siam. The tale is a spectacular love story rich in romance, adventure, violence, farce, and magic, and ending in the tragic and enigmatic death of its heroine.Written in lively prose, this new, abridged edition retains every scene, incident, and significant dialogue from the full ... Read more

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  • Redeeming the Kamasutra

    by Wendy Doniger ...
    The Kamasutra, composed in the third century CE, is the world's most famous textbook of erotic love. There is nothing remotely like it even today, and for its time it was astonishingly sophisticated. Yet it is all but ignored as a serious work in its country of origin-sometimes taken as a matter of national shame rather than pride - and in the rest of the world it is a source of amused amazement ... Read more

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  • The Politics and Reception of Rabindranath Tagore's Drama

    The Bard on the Stage

    by Arnab Bhattacharya, Mala Renganathan ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This is the first volume to focus specifically on Rabindranath Tagore’s dramatic literature, visiting translations and adaptations of Tagore’s drama, and cross-cultural encounters in his works. As Asia’s first Nobel Laureate, Tagore’s highly original plays occupy a central position in the Indian theatrescape. Tagore experimented with dance, music, dance drama, and plays, exploring concepts of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Culinary Fictions

    Food in South Asian Diasporic Culture

    by Anita Mannur ...
    For South Asians, food regularly plays a role in how issues of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and national identity are imagined as well as how notions of belonging are affirmed or resisted. Culinary Fictions provides food for thought as it considers the metaphors literature, film, and TV shows use to describe Indians abroad. When an immigrant mother in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake combines Rice ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Michael Ondaatje

    by Lee Spinks ...
    Series series Contemporary World Writers
    Michael Ondaatje is the first comprehensive and fully up-to-date study of Ondaatje’s entire oeuvre. Starting from Ondaatje’s beginnings as a poet, this volume offers an intensive account of each of his major publications, including The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, Coming Through Slaughter, In The Skin of a Lion and The English Patient, drawing attention to the various contexts and intertexts ... Read more

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  • The Literature of the Indian Diaspora

    Theorizing the Diasporic Imaginary

    by Vijay Mishra ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
    The Literature of the Indian Diaspora constitutes a major study of the literature and other cultural texts of the Indian diaspora. It is also an important contribution to diaspora theory in general. Examining both the ‘old’ Indian diaspora of early capitalism, following the abolition of slavery, and the ‘new’ diaspora linked to movements of late capital, Mishra argues that a full understanding of ... Read more

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  • The Testimony of Aliens

    by Christopher G. Moore ...
    The Testimony of Aliens is a compelling cross cultural story set in the heart of the chiangmai Mai expat community. It is a love story across the ethnic divide and a moral lesson between two generations. Moore's humor and insight are brilliantly realized in this story. ... Read more

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  • Fauji Banta Singh

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    by Sadhu Binning ...
    Riveting stories from the heart of the Vancouver Sikh experience. Set among people who emigrated in the late twentieth century, facing racial animosity and economic insecurity, and moving forward as their lives became more settled, Fauji Banta Singh gives us rare glimpses into the private lives of the Sikh community—the successes and failures, the growing and painful irrelevance of the old, ... Read more

    $9.45 USD

  • In Stereotype

    South Asia in the Global Literary Imaginary

    by Mrinalini Chakravorty ...
    Series series Literature Now
    In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of stereotypes in multiple South Asian contexts, whether depicting hunger, crowdedness, filth, slums, death, migrant flight, terror, or outsourcing. She argues that such commonplaces are crucial to defining ... Read more

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