• ISBN13: 9788126933419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: July 28, 2022
• Pages: 178
• Original Price: INR 795.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 320 grams

The book interrogates the rise of ethno-nationalism in India with specific reference to Northeast India. It aims to bring interdisciplinary perspectives drawn from studies of culture, history, literature, and politics to the analysis of emerging areas of nationalism in India. It examines the ways in which literary-textual representations intervene in debates regarding ethno-nationalism, sub-nationalism, and other permutations of Indian nationalism. It examines a variety of political movements and literary works by various writers over the past five decades that have created, enshrined, and contested ideas pivotal to the rise of Indian nationalism. The book includes twelve chapters addressing contemporary issues related to ethnicity and identity. Most of the articles inquire into the causes that gave rise to ethno-nationalism in India’s Northeast. Discussion on minority ethnic communities like Chakma and Koch-Rajbangshi also features in this book. Some of the articles critically examine the linguistic movements in India that are responsible for the growth of ethno-nationalistic feelings within some communities. The role of ‘minority’ political party and students’ union in staking claim to shape the ethno-national consciousness makes an interesting read. The book will be of interest for beginners who are looking to research on ethnic-nationalism in India’s Northeast.

Debajyoti Biswas, M.A. (English), Ph.D. (English), is an Assistant Professor of English at the Department of English, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam. He has completed two Minor Research Projects funded by University Grants Commission (UGC). His areas of interest include Anglophone writings from Northeast India, Nationalism and Identity Politics, Ecocriticism, Indian Writing in English, Postcolonial Theory. He has contributed a number of book chapters and articles in prestigious publication/journals. His articles have been published in international journals like Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (Corvinus University of Budapest), RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism (RUDN University, Russia), and Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice (Oxford University Press). His edited book is also forthcoming from Routledge. He is currently working on a monograph titled Anglophone Fiction from Northeast India.

• Preface
• List of Contributors
• 1. An Introduction to Ethno-Nationalism in India
• Debajyoti Biswas
• 2. The Assam Movement: Its Context and the Question of Nationalism
• Ankita Baruah and Debabhuson Borah
• 3. Nationalism and Minority Politics in Assam: A Look at AIUDF’s Performance
• Parvin Sultana
• 4. Transnational, Postnational or Dual Citizenship: Negotiating Identity by Chakmas of India’s Northeast
• Konkumoni Boro
• 5. The Role of Maibi in Safeguarding the Tradition of Manipur
• Anuradha Nongmaithem
• 6. The Need for Socially Achieved Inclusive Nationalism Against Ethno-Nationalism: A Select Study of Easterine Kire’s Bitter Wormwood and Arupa Patangia Kalita’s Felanee
• Apurba Borbora and Urbashi Borbora
• 7. Nationalism and Social Realism in Tabish Khair’s Filming: A Love Story
• Arun Nath
• 8. Politics of Identity and Home in the Context of Indian Chinese in India: A Study of Chinatown Days and The Palm Leaf Fan
• Doyir Ete
• 9. ‘The Poor of India was a Subject for Research…what a wonderful Country!’: Mahasweta Devi Questioning the Concept of Indian Nationhood in Bhasai Tudu
• Laki Molla and Krishanu Ghosh
• 10. Nationalism and History in Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya’s Love in the Time of Insurgency and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
• Satya Nath Pegu
• 11. Oscillating between House and Home in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
• Tarulata Pegu
• 12. Dynamics of the Kamatapuri Movement
• Manash Pratim Nath