This book critiques literary and cultural representations of the Indian family to explore the manner in which the family and its structure are in transition. The papers explore (and expose) how the Indian family, whether in India or in diaspora, needs to be redefined in the current context-in this age of rapid industrialization, globalization (both cultural and economic), and the emergence of new technologies. The family is viewed from a variety of perspectives, as represented in film, theatre, and literature-both English and vernacular. Including reflective pieces by several well-known scholars, this volume offers a holistic understanding of local and global shifts and fissures that shape the family today. INDICE: PART ONE: COLONIAL FAMILIES: RE-VISITING TRADITIONAs the Husband, so the Wife - Judith E. Walsh Old Patriarchy, New Patriarchy and Misogyny in One Late 19th Century Domestic Science ManualPART TWO: POSTCOLONIAL FAMILIES: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVESWomen and Agency - Mukul Mukherjee Vignettes from Indian FamiliesModern Families and Independent Living - Sarah Lamb Reflections on Contemporary AgingWomen and the Naga Family Today - Bonita Aleaz Communitarianism in PracticePART THREE: LITERARY REPRESENTATIONSSociety, Family and the Self in Indian Fiction - Jayita SenguptaImagined Family - Esha Dey Pangs of TransitionThe Politics of Home and Food in Jhumpa Lahiri's <i>Interpreter of Maladies - Irma MainiRepresentations of the Family in Marathi Dalit Autobiography - Pushpa BhaveReal and Imagined Gujarati Families: Shifting Positionalities of Gender in Contemporary Writings by Gujarati Women - Sutapa ChaudhuriHypocrisy and Hollowness in the Indian Joint Family - Arpa Ghosh A Study of Mahesh Dattani's playsReflections of Family and Women in Telugu Literature - N. Venugopal Rao A Look at Women's FictionGlobalization and Diasporic Family Dynamics - Mary Mathew Reconciling the Old and the NewFood, Family, Widowhood in Ashapurna Devi's Short fiction - Naina DeyThe Self and the Family in Telugu Women's Poetry - M. Sridhar and Alladi UmaPART FOUR: CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONSThe Family in Flux - Shoma A Chatterji The Decimated Family in Rituparno Ghosh's FilmsThe 'Reel' Indian Family - Meghna Gulzar Reflections from CelluloidPART FIVE: MEMOIRHunting for Fish - Meena Alexander A PoemThe Family - Vidya Bal As I Saw It, As I See ItThoughts on Home… - Nonda ChatterjeeLooking Back - Shashi DeshpandeSmall-Scale Reflections on an Ancestral Home - Makarand ParanjapeIndian Families in the World - Uma Parameswaran Forty Years in ManitobaPART SIX: DIALOGUEA Dialogue with Amartya Sen - Sanjukta Dasgupta and Malashri Lal
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