Spectre of Scarcity and Hunger : Indian Literature and the Idea of Famine (South Asian Literature in Focus)

Kochar, Shubhanku (EDT)/ Kabir, Shehnaz (EDT)

Routledge（2026/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781041122746

Full Description

This book explores Indian English writing and English translations of Indian works through the framework of the famine. It examines literary representations of famine across time from ancient and medieval India to colonial and contemporary times. The essays in the volume contribute to the contemporary debates on climate action and ecological crises.
The volume will be interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian Studies and literature.

Contents

Introduction Section I — Mythology, Morality, and Faith 1. Good Ruler, Good Earth: An Analysis of the Representation of Famine as Karmic Effect in Select Texts from Ancient India 2. Famished Ground, Hungry Being: Udgītha and Selfhood in Chāndogya Upanishad 3. Ethical Dilemmas and Desperation during Famine: Exploring Moral Choices in Desperate Circumstances in the Mahabharata 4. Food and Crying for Food in the Bengal Maṅgala Kābyas of the 18th Century Section II — Alternative Approach to Plays and Paraliterature 5. Famine, Tughlaq and Girish Karnad: A Historical Analysis 6. Reclaiming the Memories of Famine in India through the Writings of Mughal Court Writers 7. Representation of Entitlement and Deprivation: Reading Bengal Famine through Bijan Bhattacharya's Plays Section III — Statehood and Community Trauma 8. Bankimchandra's Anandamath and the Spectre of the Bengal Famine of 1770 9. Alimentary Catastrophes and Tragedies of Hunger on Screen: Exploring Mrinal Sen's Baishey Srabon (1960) and Akaler Sandhane (In Search of a Famine, 1980) through a Postcolonial Lens 10. Hungry Man Reach for the Book. It is a Weapon!: The Political Economy of Famine, Caste, Class and Imperialism in Bhabani Bhattacharya's So Many Hungers and He Who Rides a Tiger 11. Bamboo Flowering and Rat Flood in Mizoram: Description of the 'Mautam' Famine in Malsawmi Jacob's 'Zorami: The Redemption Song' Section IV — Voice of the Marginalized 12. Chronicles of the Na'anka Durbhikhya: Understanding Famines and Social Realism in Odisha through the Writings of Kanhu Charan Mohanty 13. Where Famine is Life: A Study of the Select Karisal Short Stories 14. An Exploration of Kalahandi Famine as 'New Famine': Depiction of Hunger, Mass Starvation, and Death in Post-independence Odia Literature 15. Palamau is a Mirror of India": Famine, Seed, and Making the Subaltern Matter Afterword