Image and Representation - Hardcover

Asaduddin, M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195651413 ISBN 13: 9780195651416

Publisher: OUP India, 2001

Synopsis

Bringing together short stories that have Muslims and intercommunity relationships in the Indian subcontinent as their subject, this anthology includes India's most sensitive and thought-provoking writers from across various Indian languages and eras: from the prolific and compassionate
Saratchandra to the social realist Prem Chand; from the bold and controversial Ismat Chughtai to contemporary writers like Shama Futehally. Including a variety of writers with distinctive styles, all of whom are widely read and have made significant contributions, this collection is an important
work both in terms of literary value and also as a social document.

About this title

About the Author

Mushirul Hasan is Director General, National Archives of India, New Delhi. A Padmashree awardee, he is former Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has held visiting professorships at the Universities of Rome, Virginia, Hungary, and at the Maison Des Sciences De L'Homme, Paris, as well as the International Institute of Languages and Civilizations, INALCO, Paris.

Synopsis

This anthology of short stories illustrates the complexity and multi-faceted nature of the Muslim communities in the subcontinent, highlighting the diverse images of Muslims and exploding the myth of a uniform Muslim identity.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP India
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195651413
• ISBN 13: 9780195651416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464