Life Writing and Translation: Indian Perspectives (1)

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Synopsis
The steady rise of auto/biographical narrations across various Indian languages, including English and translations into English, as different forms of life writing marks a moment of social and political ferment. This book aims to explore the expansive field of life writing, both as a practice and a genre of literature, and its intersections with translation. Addressing the affinities between life writing and translation, and the emancipatory possibilities it offers, can shift the focus from individual texts to a space for encounter between languages, identities, and cultures.Focusing on how life writing in India has emerged as a distinct literary and publishing phenomenon in recent times, the volume traces the diversity and richness of the various bhasha traditions of life writing and looks at how they have gained recognition both in regional languages and in translation. Traversing various languages, the book examines memoirs of incarceration and exile, narratives of marginality, literary memoirs, biography, and oral songs of protest among others, and engages with life writing’s affective and political potential in documenting everyday lives and struggles, and fostering solidarity among readers. Exploring the ways life writing and translation are mutually implicated, it deliberates on the ethical, political, and translational significance of life writing and seeks to spark academic interest and further research in this field.This volume will serve as a rich resource for university students, researchers, and academics of literature, history, sociology, cultural studies, translation studies, and comparative studies, and those who are interested in South Asian literature.
Copyright:
2026

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
338 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040406571
Related ISBNs:
9781032938837, 9781040406533, 9781003568049, 9781032867922
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Mukul Chaturvedi
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Mukul Chaturvedi

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