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100 1 _aSuperle, Michelle,
245 1 0 _aContemporary English-language Indian children's literature : representations of nation, culture, and the new Indian girl /
_cMichelle Superle.
260 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2011.
300 _axiii, 200 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.
505 _aIntroduction: Contemporary English-language Indian children's novels as aspirational literature -- The development of contemporary, English-language Indian children's novels -- Indian women writers: imagining the new Indian girl -- Imagining unity in diversity through cooperation and friendship -- Imagining and performing the Indian nation -- Imagining "Indianness" -- Imagining identity in the diaspora: performing a "masala" self -- Performing new Indian girlhood -- Conclusion: Old and new boundaries.
650 0 _aChildren's literature, Indic (English)
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aIndic fiction (English)
_xWomen authors
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aChildren
_xBooks and reading
_zIndia.
650 0 _aGender identity
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xIn literature.
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