In the swirling landscape of contemporary literature, Arundhati Roy stands as the monsoon rains, equally loved and disparaged. This book delves into the kaleidoscope of reactions to Roy's writings that mediate her identity as a writer, activist and celebrity in the public sphere. Her life in slums, job as an aerobics instructor, huge publishing advance, Booker win, sedition charges, silver jewellery, choice to go to Dantewada forests, and decision to refuse to model for Gap continue to mediate how her writings are viewed and read by the reading public. Understanding the cultural politics of this sense-making allows the scope to see how a wide variety of factors prompt the circulation, reception and contextualisation of literary writings in the public sphere.
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Dimensions: 148 x 212mm
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2024
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781036413682
About Urvi Sharma
Dr Urvi Sharma presently teaches at the School of Languages and Culture Amity University Punjab India. She completed her PhD at the Department of English and Cultural Studies Panjab University. She has co-edited an anthology titled Simmering Silences and Beneath on Gender Studies with an ICSSR-sponsored publication. She has guest-edited the 63rd issue titled Decentering the Center of Cafe Dissensus a New York based alternative magazine dealing in art culture literature and politics. She has presented her research on various reputed platforms including NeMLA Bucknell Humanities Center Johns Hopkins University Jagellonian University Panjab University. Dr Sharma believes that literature catapults our individual capability to make a change and help our society evolve. As Arundhati Roy says The writer's job is to speak the truth our engagement with writers and their perception become crucial in driving that transformation.