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Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

This book examines cultural imaginations post 9/11. It explores the idea of a religious community and its multifaceted representations in literature and popular culture. The essays in the volume focus on the role of literature film music television shows and other cultural forms in opening up spaces for complex reflections on identities and cultures and how they enable us to rethink the ‘trauma of familiarity’ post-traumatic heterotopias religious extremism and the idea of the ‘neighbour’ in post-9/11 literary and cultural imagination. The volume also probes the intersections of religion popular media televised simulacrum and digital martyrdom in the wake of 9/11. It also probes the simulation of new- age media images with reference to the creation and dissemination of ‘martyrs’ the languages of grief religionisation of terrorism islamophobia religious stereotypes and the reading of comics in writing the terror. An essential read the book reclaims and reinterprets the alternative to a Eurocentric/Americentric understanding of cultural and geopolitical structures of global designs. It will be of great interest to researchers of literature and cultural studies media studies politics film studies and South Asian studies. | Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

GBP 36.99
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Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

This book studies national security strategies introduced by the Koizumi administration (2001–2006) and the second Abe administration (2012–2020). Drawing on the common themes of ‘normalization’ constitutional revision in particular Article 9 and the right of collective self-defence the volume examines through the theory of neoclassical realism how and why the national security initiatives of the two administrations are different in their extent of normalization of Japan. It shows how the policies were influenced by the respective Prime Ministers who responded to the international environment surrounding Japan during their tenure and were also shaped by internal concerns. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of Asian studies politics and international relations. | Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

GBP 130.00
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Troubled Testimonies Terrorism and the English novel in India

Troubled Testimonies Terrorism and the English novel in India

Since the 9/11 attacks terror has established its permeating hold on society’s psyche. Creative writing a popular and visible cultural witness to the strain has taken up this destabilization with remarkable regularity. Troubled Testimonies focuses on the Indian novel in English deriving inspiration from these disturbances to essay a unique grasp of the cultural make-up of the times and its reverberations on the sense of self and belonging to the nation. This first full-length study of terror in the subcontinental novel in English (from India) places it in the world context and analyzes the fictional coverage of the spread of terrorism across the country and its cultural fallout. The enigmatic coming together of the contemporary with the anguish of loss and betrayal unleashed by terror occasions a significant redefinition of the issues of trauma conflict and gender and opens a fresh window to Indian writing and the culture of the subcontinent and a new paradigm in literary and cultural criticism termed ‘post-terrorism’. Lucid and thought provoking this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of South Asian literature cultural studies postcolonial studies history politics and sociology. | Troubled Testimonies Terrorism and the English novel in India

GBP 46.99
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Violence and Resistance in Sikh Gendered Identity

Violence and Resistance in Sikh Gendered Identity

This book examines the constructions and representations of male and female Sikhs in Indian and diasporic literature and culture through the consideration of the role of violence as constitutive of Sikh identity. How do Sikh men and women construct empowering identities within the Indian nation-state and in the diaspora? The book explores Indian literature and culture to understand the role of violence and the feminization of baptized and turbaned Sikh men as well as identity formation of Sikh women who are either virtually erased from narratives bodily eliminated through honor killings or constructed and represented as invisible. It looks at the role of violence during critical junctures in Sikh history including the Mughal rule the British colonial period the Partition of India the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India and the terror of 9/11 in the United States. The author analyzes how violence reconstitutes gender roles and sexuality within various cultural and national spaces in India and the diaspora. She also highlights questions related to women’s agency and their negotiation of traumatic memories for empowering identities. The book will interest scholars researchers and students of postcolonial English literature contemporary Indian literature Sikh studies diaspora studies global studies gender and sexuality studies religious studies history sociology media and films studies cultural studies popular culture and South Asian studies. | Violence and Resistance in Sikh Gendered Identity

GBP 38.99
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Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy explores the new forms voices and venues of stand-up comedy in different parts of the world and its potential role as a counterhegemonic tool for satire commentary and expression of identity especially for the disempowered or marginalised. The title brings together essays and perspectives on stand-up and satire from different cultural and political contexts across the world which raise pertinent issues regarding its role in contemporary times especially with the increased presence of OTT platforms and internet penetration that allows for easy access to this art form. It examines the theoretical understanding of the different aspects of the humour aesthetics and politics of stand-up comedy as well as the exploration of race gender politics and conflicts urban culture and LGBTQ+ identities in countries such as Indonesia Finland France Iran Italy Morocco India and the USA. It also asks the question whether along with contesting and destabilising existing discursive frameworks and identities a stand-up comic can open up a space for envisaging a new social cultural and political order? This book will appeal to people interested in performance studies media popular culture digital culture sociology digital sociology and anthropology and English literature. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) 4. 0 license. Funded by the University of Helsinki. | Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

GBP 34.99
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