Breast stories /
Mahāśvetā Debī, 1926-
Breast stories / Mahasweta Devi ; translated with introductory essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. - 166 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost literary figures, a prolific and best-selling author in Bengali of short fiction and novels, and a deeply political social activist who has been working in marginalized communities for decades. 'Breast Stories' is a collection of short fiction that focuses on the breast as more than a symbol of beauty, eroticism, or motherhood. Instead, it is seen as a harsh indictment of an exploitative social system and a weapon of resistance.
9788170461401 (pbk.) : £10.50
Mahāśvetā Debī, 1926- --Translations into English.
Short stories.
891.4'4371
Breast stories / Mahasweta Devi ; translated with introductory essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. - 166 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost literary figures, a prolific and best-selling author in Bengali of short fiction and novels, and a deeply political social activist who has been working in marginalized communities for decades. 'Breast Stories' is a collection of short fiction that focuses on the breast as more than a symbol of beauty, eroticism, or motherhood. Instead, it is seen as a harsh indictment of an exploitative social system and a weapon of resistance.
9788170461401 (pbk.) : £10.50
Mahāśvetā Debī, 1926- --Translations into English.
Short stories.
891.4'4371