Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture

This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India. While globalization...
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Author: Mukti Lakhi Mangharam
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Language: English
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Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture by Mangharam, Mukti Lakhi

Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture

$412.43

Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture

$412.43
Author: Mukti Lakhi Mangharam
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India. While globalization is often described as a vehicle through which to eliminate the constraints of 'traditional' roles tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a steady decline in freedom for many within these groups. This book explores how the global spread of capitalism exacerbates existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities while creating new hierarchies.

Reading texts as diverse as Thrity Umrigar's The Space Between Us, Chetan Bhagat's One Night in a Call Center, Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and Arvind Adiga's The White Tiger, Mangharam fleshes out how notions like 'free trade' and 'market value' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by those who occupy the bottom of the socio-economic ladder, how they are experienced by women differently than by men, as well as the great promise that storytellers hold out in opening up new spaces of freedom and horizons for the self.

Author: Mukti Lakhi Mangharam
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 07/13/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781350200814

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