Postcolonial Literature in the New Millenium - (Studies in Commonwealth Writings) by Lata Dubey & Ashish Kumar Pathak (Paperback)

About the Book

A Collection of 15 essays written by scholars showcasing the multivalent offshoot of of postcolonial literature in the first quarter of the 21st century.

Book Synopsis

Postcolonial Literature in New Millenium: Philosophy, Politics and Aesthetics contains 15 essays written by scholars showcasing the multivalent offshoot of of postcolonial literature in the first quarter of the 21st century. Texts and contexts taken up in different essays engage with the contemporary realities of countries and regions once a part of the Commonwealth and which have now evolved as independent national, political, and cultural entities while resisting colonialism and reconstructing new identities at the same time. If deliberations on nation, home, displacement, and migration represent the consciousness of communities inflicted with a sense of loss and trauma; the advent of health humanities, graphic novels, cinema, and digital humanities intersect with the advancement on the wave of modernity. Since the progress of such societies is concomitant with the rise of discourses from the margin, there are essays implicated with the subtle nuances of dalit, gender, and tribal identities. Environmental crisis along with pandemic, an inevitable outcome of the technology driven progress, and their impact on indigenous communities have been the core concern of some essayists while a few have speculated about Eco futurism and posthumanism. Cross-cultural encounters necessitate the act of translation which has been taken up. This anthology of critical writings with its kaleidoscopic range encompassing recent scholarships will be quite handy for academicians and researchers interested in this area.

Review Quotes

Edited by Professor Lata Dubey and Professor Ashish Kumar Pathak, Postcolonial Literature in the New Millennium: Philosophy, Politics and Aesthetics is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of essays that changes the parameters of what "commonwealth literature" is, or is thought to be. It is an exciting cross section of contemporary essays which bridge the gap between the theoretical and the literary, between East and West, and between nations, tribes, ethnic groups, and literatures. No other book provides such a wealth of primary and secondary source, bibliographic material, and such a diversity of approaches. Bearing on the topic of philosophy, politics, aesthetics, this book is definitely an important contribution to the studies of postcolonial literatures, commonwealth literatures, new literatures, diaspora literatures, gender literatures, environmental literatures, pandemic literatures, and digital humanities, all in the plural form.--Tsu-Chung Su, Professor, Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University

Postcolonial studies is perhaps the most dynamic field of work in the humanities and social sciences today. This new collection, edited by Professors Dubey and Pathak, brings together a dozen contributors with diverse backgrounds and interests to explore some of the important but under-researched areas in this constantly changing domain.--Prof Patrick Colm Hogan, University of Connecticut, USA, author of What is Colonialism? (Routledge 2023)

About the Author

Lata Dubey (b.1969), is Professor of English at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India. She has published more than twenty-five research papers in reputed national and international journals, including Web of Science and Scopus listed journals. She has authored one book, and contributed five book chapters with national and international publishers including Ibidem-Verlag. She has been invited as resource person to numerous national and international conferences and delivered lectures in refresher/ orientation courses across the country. Prof. Dubey has coordinated UGC HRDC Refresher course in 2023. She is on the editorial board of many distinguished peer-reviewed journals.

Ashish Kumar Pathak (b.1985) studied from the University of Allahabad and distinguished as Gold Medalist in English. Having obtained the degree of D. Phil. on T. S. Eliot, he is currently teaching as Assistant professor in the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. India. Previously he taught at Central University of South Bihar. Patna University and Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat, Varanasi. Dr Pathak has authored a book T. S. Eliot's Later Phase: A Study of Poetry, Drama and Criticism (Luminous Books, 2017) along with publishing research articles and chapters in national and internation journals and anthologies. His translation work has been published from the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi (2023).