{"product_id":"9781405107051","title":"Chotti Munda and His Arrow","description":"\u003ch1\u003eChotti Munda and His Arrow\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMahasweta Devi | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten in 1980, this novel by prize-winning Indian writer Mahasweta Devi, translated and introduced by Gayatri Chakravorty Sprivak, is remarkable for the way in which it touches on vital issues that have in subsequent decades grown into matters of urgent social concern.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by one of India's foremost novelists, and translated by an eminent cultural and critical theorist.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRanges over decades in the life of Chotti – the central character – in which India moves from colonial rule to independence, and then to the unrest of the 1970s.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the changes, some forced, some welcome, in the daily lives of a marginalized rural community.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRaises questions about the place of the tribal on the map of national identity, land rights and human rights, the 'museumization' of 'ethnic' cultures, and the justifications of violent resistance as the last resort of a desperate people.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents enlightening reading for students and scholars of postcolonial literature and postcolonial studies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahasweta Devi\u003c\/b\u003e is widely acknowledged as one of India's foremost writers. In 1996, she won the Jnanpith Award (India's highest literary award) and the Magsaysay Award (considered to be Asia's version of the Nobel Prize). She was also awarded the Padmasree in 1986, for her activist work amongst dispossessed tribal communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayatri Chakravorty Spivak\u003c\/b\u003e is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, New York. Her many publications include \u003ci\u003eOf Grammatology\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), the translation with critical introduction of Jacques Derrida's \u003ci\u003eDe la grammmatologie\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e She has also published translations of Mahasweta Devi’s \u003ci\u003eImaginary Maps\u003c\/i\u003e(1994)\u003ci\u003e, Breast Stories\u003c\/i\u003e(1997)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOld Women\u003c\/i\u003e(1999)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and is currently translating for the definitive edition of the \u003ci\u003eSelected Works of Mahasweta Devi.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOther Asias\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of her essays, will be published by Blackwell in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 February 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405107051\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e324\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378796359820,"sku":"9781405107051","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405107051_1dd50249-7f09-4f45-bac1-23a0e6d20952.jpg?v=1780281063","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405107051","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}