Poetry, Politics and Culture: Essays on Indian Texts and Contexts

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Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Introduction Section 1 Mapping ‘Nation’/‘Post-nation’ Section 1: Introduction 1. Negotiating Nationalism(s): Hindi Poetry During and After the Colonial Period 2. De-fetishizing Home/Homelessness: ‘Nation’ in Post-1990s Hindi Poetry 3. From Hyphen to High-fun: Towards a Topology of New Indian English Diaspora Poetry Section 2 Re-writing Culture Section 2: Introduction 4. From Nationalist Icon to Subaltern Subject and Beyond: Latter-day Meeras 5. Kissa as the Locus of Cultural History: Kissa Pooran Bhagat in Modern Punjabi Literature 6. Translating Bhakti: Versions of Kabir in the Colonial/Early Nationalist Period 7. Anxieties of Native Descent/Dissent: Bhakti Sub-text of Indian English Verse Section 3 Disseminating Dissent Section 3: Introduction 8. Poetry of Incarceration: Punjabi Prison Poetry from Ghadar to Emergency and Beyond 9. From Participation to Protest: Political Consciousness of Modern Indian English Poetry 10. From Confusion to Consolidation: Politics of Counter-aesthetics in Dalit Poetry 11. On the Frontiers of the Public Sphere: Indian Women’s Poetry from Pre-1947 to Post-9/11 Bibliography Index