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Re-Orientalizing Global India: The Liberal Ethics of Representing India’s Urban Poor

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    Abstract

    This talk examined how contemporary western representations of India acknowledge the globally emergent status of India as a lucrative consumer country and a new economic superpower, but then brings this “new” image of India into circulation alongside the “old” colonial image of India as impoverished and marred by political and bureaucratic corruption. Basu Thakur terms this the “slumdog millionaire” phenomenon.
    Original languageAmerican English
    StatePublished - Mar 2021
    EventInternational Conference on Contemporary Issues in South Asian Literature and Culture Studies - Virtual
    Duration: 1 Mar 2021 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Contemporary Issues in South Asian Literature and Culture Studies
    Period1/03/21 → …

    EGS Disciplines

    • South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies

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