Arts, Literature, and Humanities

Exploring the postcolonial terrain where ‘dislocation and relocation intertwine, where hope and disillusionment converge, where violence erupts and...

Red Oleanders/Raktakarabi is one of the best plays of Tagore, the myriadminded and multifaceted genius; understandably and lsquo;meanings' have bee...

Urban areas in the Global South now house most of the world’s urban population and are projected to house almost all its increase between now and 2...

The filmdom of Bollywood has always for ages portrayed all sorts of emotions with finesse. Amidst all the cartography of emotions, the innate hidde...

This volume brings a critical lens to dance and culture within North East India. Through case studies, first-hand accounts, and interviews, it expl...

The book presents a collection of papers that are wide ranging not only in the choice of authors—two of the Big Trio, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao on ...

The book presents a collection of research papers on Indian English literature that are wide ranging in nature, dealing with fiction, poetry, drama...

The present book takes a fresh look at gender and feminist perspectives through the novels of the three women writers across the globe, namely Toni...

This book is a collection of research articles under the broader theme of Shakespeare in the 21st Century, critically analysing the various aspects...

This book explores how the concept of ‘region’ has evolved over time and shaped architectural culture and practice. It questions what the words ‘re...

The book traces and analyzes the causes that have fragmented the human society into warring groups. The main causes are religion and family-line (s...

This volume explores the inherent pluralism of Hinduism through ethnographic and philosophical evidence as presented in the Journal of Anthropologi...

This book presents a systematic analysis of the differential implementation of the urban reforms in two Indian cities, Ahmedabad and Kanpur. It ana...

A casual interest in God when one is in feverish hurry to earn money, prestigious places in social hierarchy and pursue pleasures can never lead on...

The idea of the European Renaissance holds a perennial fascination for the Indian academics in general and for the teachers and students of English...

The patriarch involves all the instincts of fatherly dominance that creates an environment where man emerges as institution, hegemony, power, and t...

In this book and companion website you will find: ■ A practice-oriented description of qualitative and quantitative research methods that engages r...

This book introduces post-graduate students and researchers to the basics and techniques of research methods in English literature and language. It...

Since Simone de Beauvoir first proclaimed that ‘One is not born a woman, one becomes one’, the study of gender has become one of the most significa...

The Return of the Native, both powerful and sombre, is considered to be the most representative of Hardy s novels. It is set in Egdon Heath whose l...

This book discusses the lives, mis¬sions, characters, roles, struggles and achievements of the prophet revolutionaries of Islam. These men appeared...

Revisiting Ecocriticism: Traditional, Postcolonial and Spiritual Perspectives studies the representation of environmental issues in literature and ...