About this title: This anthology of writings on food brings together a wide range of literary and non-literary texts from South Asia. It draws on writing in English from the subcontinent, as well as the diaspora and includes extracts from works by V.S. Naipaul, Romesh Gunesekera, Salman Rushdie, Sara Suleri, Kamila Shamsie, Githa Hariharan, and Kiran Desai, among others, alongside translations from regional Indian languages. The volume covers a broad range of areas of interest: scholarly, narrative, philosophical, literary, anthropological, and cultural. The recent interest in literary representations of food ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date Published: 01/10/2009
ISBN-13:9780198062196ISBN:0198062192
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780198062196ISBN:0198062192
Description: New. This anthology of writings on food from a wide range of South Asian literary and non-literary sources, draws mainly on writing in English including diaspora writers, but also includes translations from Indian languages. read more
Description: New. V.S. Naipaul, Kamila Shamsie, Arundhati Roy, Romesh Gunesekera, Salman Rushdie, Githa Hariharan, and Kiran Desai are just some of the writers whose works are represented in this exciting anthology of short stories, poems, and extracts from novels, plays, and memoirs, as well as scholarly writing on food from South Asia. As a volume that seeks to bring South Asian food cultures to bear upon the global field of food studies, its appeal will extend to general readers as well as those with a ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date Published: 05/04/2007
ISBN-13:9780195674446ISBN:0195674448
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Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ This anthology of writings on food brings together a wide range of literary and non-literary texts from South Asia. It draws on writing in English from the subcontinent, as well as the diaspora and includes extracts from works by V S Naipaul, Romesh Gunesekera, Salman Rushdie, Sara Suleri, Kamila Shamsie, Githa Hariharan, and Kiran Desai, among others, alongside translations from regional Indian languages. The volume covers a broad range of areas ... read more
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Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780195674446ISBN:0195674448
Description: New. pp. 384. As New. Contents Acknowledgements. Introduction. Prolegomenon 1. Food for thought towards an anthology of Hindu food images/A.K. Ramanujan. Fasting feasting and famine 1. Fasting/Mohandas K. Gandhi. 2. Nombu/Fakir Muhammed Katpadi. 3. Grandfather/Jayanta Mahapatra. 4. From Nabanna/Bijan Bhattacharya. 5. The Hunger of death/Jean Arasanayagam. Hunger and Appetite 1. The Trellis/Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay. 2. Poovan Banana/Vaikom Mohammed Basheer. 3. A Devoted son/Anita Desai. 4. ... read more
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