Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First Century Literature and Culture (Routledge Literary Studies in Social Justice)

by: Navleen Multani (Author)

Publisher:

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2023/10/12

Language: English

Print Length: 186 pages

ISBN-10: 1032443685

ISBN-13: 9781032443683

Book Description

Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First Century Literature and Culture:Voices of the Marginalized is a compendium of reflections on literary texts, politics of literature and culture. The book proffers ruminations on the pivotal role of constructive and positive resistance to reconstruct identities for meaningful human existence. The disciplinary power and dominance coerce the natural body to resist and yea for freedom. One can establish unique identity by refusing to conform to pressures of society that deform the natural body. Dominant forces and oppressive structures evoke resistance that can range from ‘polite demurral’ to ‘refusal’. Resistance comes from the ‘will’ that refuses to be controlled and goveed. The ‘refusal’ of the ordinary illuminates ordinary lives/ bodies. Language and literary texts contain essential truths of such human existence. Words and imaginary worlds in literary works reveal truth and suggest possibilities for reconfiguring the order.

About the Author

Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First Century Literature and Culture:Voices of the Marginalized is a compendium of reflections on literary texts, politics of literature and culture. The book proffers ruminations on the pivotal role of constructive and positive resistance to reconstruct identities for meaningful human existence. The disciplinary power and dominance coerce the natural body to resist and yea for freedom. One can establish unique identity by refusing to conform to pressures of society that deform the natural body. Dominant forces and oppressive structures evoke resistance that can range from ‘polite demurral’ to ‘refusal’. Resistance comes from the ‘will’ that refuses to be controlled and goveed. The ‘refusal’ of the ordinary illuminates ordinary lives/ bodies. Language and literary texts contain essential truths of such human existence. Words and imaginary worlds in literary works reveal truth and suggest possibilities for reconfiguring the order.

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