Rajam Krishnan and Indian Feminist Hermeneutics |
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Author:
| Thallam, Sarada |
ISBN: | 978-1-4438-2995-3 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
Publisher: | Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $136.95 |
Book Description:
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"This book interprets the feminist theories of Rajam Krishnan, a doyen of Tamil literature, who has been a forerunner of many contemporary ideologies. The text provides the much-needed tools for the vast corpus of contemporary research in the global domain of Indian women's literature. To interpret literature with non-native theoretical models may not be dispensed as an erroneous fallacy, but the fact remains that there prevails an oft-felt, unarticulated need for our own native...
More Description"This book interprets the feminist theories of Rajam Krishnan, a doyen of Tamil literature, who has been a forerunner of many contemporary ideologies. The text provides the much-needed tools for the vast corpus of contemporary research in the global domain of Indian women's literature. To interpret literature with non-native theoretical models may not be dispensed as an erroneous fallacy, but the fact remains that there prevails an oft-felt, unarticulated need for our own native theories which may imbue a greater elucidation of our culture, ethos, epistemes and practices.