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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Australia and India : Convergences and Divergences
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.Explores various comparable facets of Australian and Indian cultures, societies, histories and literatures. The book is a collection of twelve papers presented at the Third International Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA) held in Pune in January 2006. Contributions from academicians [...] present "convergences and divergences" as a vital category in understanding Australia and India, especially in the post-globalised world where there has been a considerable attempt by the respective governments and, more importantly, the people at large, to seek a meeting point. The writers assimilate the realities of teaching Australian literature and culture in India, the lived experience in the two countries, and the cultural exchanges between their peoples, to express the viability of the study of Australia and India.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • This book is a collection of twelve refereed papers originally presented at the Third International Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA) held at the J. P. Naik Centre for Education and Development, Pune, 9-11 January 2006.

Contents

* Contents derived from the New Delhi,
c
India,
c
South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,:Mantra Books , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Australian Studies: An Indian Perspective, S. K. Sareen , single work criticism
Sareen discusses the place of Australian Studies in Indian universities in the period 2005 to 2006.
 (p. 1-17)
Note: Includes end notes.
Australian Encounters with India: Short Prose Narratives Since the 1950s, Bruce Bennett , single work criticism
Bruce Bennett considers 'a range of Australian short narratives that deal with Australian encounters with India since the mid-twentieth century'.
 (p. 18-36)
Note: Includes end notes and works cited.
From Ned Kelly to Don Bradman: India, Australia and the Incongruities of Globalisation, Andrew Hassam , single work criticism
Andrew Hassam suggests that the future of Australian Studies in India 'depends not so much on studying legendary figures such as Ned Kelly and Don Bradman as expressions of a unique Australian character as on investigating how, paradoxically, such legends have travelled internationally and found new resonances locally'. (p.55)
 (p. 37-58)
Note: Includes list of works cited.
Fovever Adrift: The 'Self' in Confrontation with the 'Other', the Journey Motif in the Diasporic Narratives, Keya Majumdar , single work criticism (p. 59-71)
Note: Includes list of works cited.
From Mudrooroo to David Foster: Australian Literary Representations of Kolkata, Nilanjana Deb , single work criticism (p. 72-87)
Note: Includes list of works cited.
Ned Kelly: The Rebel with a Cause, A. Sudha , single work criticism (p. 88-95)
Note: Includes list of works cited.
Cultural Encounters and the Tragedy of Coonardoo, Anshu Raina , single work criticism (p. 96-110)
Note: Includes list of works cited.
Lost and (Then) Found : The Quest For Home in 'Benang', 'Tirra Lirra By The River' and 'Requiem For a Rainbow', Reema Sarwal , single work criticism (p. 111-123)
Note: Includes list of works cited.
The Restructuring of the Mandalic Consciousness in Patrick White's Novels The Core of Reality : 'Mandala' as a Leitmotif in Patrick White's Fiction, Krishna Barua , single work criticism
Barua contends that all of White's novels 'encompass the fluctuating moments of experience in relation to man and men, environment and nature. The paradigm changes are but the offshoots of the "self," changeable, moment by moment, situation by situation, relationship to relationship, and inevitably leading to the search for the centre, the mandalic whole'.
 (p. 124-136)
Note:
  • With title: The Restructuring of the Mandalic Consciousness in Patrick White's Novels
  • Includes list of works cited.
Erasing Insecurity and Establishing a Pattern: Elizabeth Jolly's [sic] Oeuvre, V. Lakshmanan , single work criticism (p. 137-146)
Note: Includes list of works cited.
Flaws in the Glass: (W)ri(gh)ting Colonial Masculinity, Niladri R. Chatterjee , single work criticism
Niladri Chatterjee argues that 'Patrick White's engagement with his status as an "ambivalent" colonial subject and an Althusserian interpellated subject is an example of how the righting of a flawed reflection of human nature can be done in its writing'.
 (p. 147-155)
Note: Includes end notes and list of works cited.
People's Poets: A Comparative Study of Douglas Stewart, Kedarnath Singh and Ganga Prasad Vimal, G. L. Gautam , single work criticism
G. L. Gautam argues that, 'despite wide divergences', Douglas Stewart, Kedarnath Singh and Ganga Prasad Vimal converge on one point - they share a 'similar aesthetic sensibility with deep love and regard for their people, giving voice to their joys and sorrows, their aspirations and dreams'.
 (p. 156-165)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New Delhi,
      c
      India,
      c
      South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       Mantra Books ,       2010 .
      Extent: xvi, 165p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Introduced by Santosh K. Sareen and Dhananjay Singh.
      • Includes bibliography.
      ISBN: 8190230478
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