Postcolonial Servitude

Postcolonial Servitude
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9780197698006
ISBN-13 : 019769800X
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Book Synopsis Postcolonial Servitude by : Ambreen Hai

Download or read book Postcolonial Servitude written by Ambreen Hai and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic servitude is a widespread phenomenon in countries like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, where even lower-middle class homes rely on domestic workers (mostly women and children). While social scientists have begun to study this unregulated and exploitative "informal sector," literary critics have not paid attention to servants in South Asian literatures or examined their political or literary significance. Postcolonial Servitude argues that a new generation of writers has begun to rethink this culture of servitude and to devise new forms of writing designed to prompt change in normalized ways of seeing and being. It is the first to offer a sustained exploration of servitude and servants in South Asian English literature, from the early 20th century to the present.


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