Volume 19, No. 1 – 2019

Contributors

• Contributors by editor Posted in: Contributor Dr. Mausumi Sen Bhattacharjee is Associate Professor in English at the Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata, India Dr. Raj Sri M. S is Assistant Professor, P G and Research Department of English, All Saints’ College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Dr Huzaifa… Continue Reading

Articles

• Dalitism and the case of Kashmiri Women by Mausumi Sen Bhattacharjee Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract: This paper contends how the parameters of Dalitism and Dalit-feminism are differently defined vis-a-vis the crisis of occupation in Kashmir and may be in certain ways applied to the case of the women there. Sandwiched between the politics of… Continue Reading
• Contextualizing Fragmentation: An Analytic Study of Trauma Theory by Raj Sree M.S Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract: This article attempts to elucidate the experience of fragmentation from the perspective of trauma studies, an offshoot of psychology. This study originates as an enquiry into psychic trauma, a phenomenon that one cannot locate exclusively within the domain of… Continue Reading
• Anthems of Desire – A study of R Raj Rao’s ‘National Anthem and Other Poems’ by Huzaifa Pandit Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract: The paper proposes to study R Raj Rao’s ‘National Anthem and Other Poems’, to explore how Rao’s work constitutes a subversive discourse that illuminates the landscapes of queer desire constituted from the wide range of formulations of the queer… Continue Reading
• The Deranged Femme Fatale in Gillian Flynn’s gone girl by Arsha Subbi Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract: Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl presents one of the most intelligently portrayed deranged heroines in recent times. She attains the tag of a Femme Fatale archetype. The classical Femme Fatales delved within the outline that conventional patriarchy and society had… Continue Reading
• Beyond Appetite; Food Inclusion in Socio-Political Contexts by Samra Fuad Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract: From being the basic sustenance of life food has become one of the most important cultural markers in the history and the evolution of human civilization. Even though food, its preparation, its producers and its evolution has happened right… Continue Reading
• Behind the Memory Lane: The Toponymy of Select Places in Thiruvananthapuram by Athira A R Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract: We are shaped by a plethora of tales. They elucidate, educate and escort throughout our lives, sometimes adding a sparkle to our lives. Behind the place names in the city of Thiruvananthapuram is a colourful blend of its age-old… Continue Reading
• Photographs as Cultural Text: Decoding Mary Ellen Mark’s Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay by Gopika Gopan Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract: The American photographer Mary Ellen Mark, used her photographic skill to challenge the discourses concerned with prostitution. Through her female gaze she exposed the unseen world of prostitution in India. Her photos of the prostitutes of Kamathipura, exhibited the… Continue Reading
• Black boys look blue in Moonlight; Queering the Black Identity in the film Moonlight by Shimi Shajan A Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract The depiction of homosexuality has seen a great change over the past few decades. The shift has been in a positive direction where sensible portrayals have been made. However, the mainstream cinema has often dealt with white homosexuality at… Continue Reading
• ‘Geist’ in the Shell: The Erasure of Japanese Identity in select Hollywood Films by Gowri Meenakshi S R Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract Hollywood Cinema forms the core of American soft power. It is the expression of America’s political, ideological, and cultural aims. It is also a medium of propagation of the ideas of American Orientalism which shaped the perception of Eastern… Continue Reading
• Fanning Flames/Flaming fans: Theorising Fanfiction by Sreya Miriam Shaji Posted in: Literature & Literary Studies, Articles Abstract: Fanfiction is an enormously popular genre with a niche audience. And this niche is growing bigger and wider as more and more people join fan communities. These communities establish their virtual presence through fan labor, and fanfiction is a… Continue Reading