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Consumable Texts in Contemporary India: Uncultured Books and Bibliographical Sociology (New Directions in Book History) (Hardcover)

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Through what he terms "bibliographical sociology", Suman Gupta explores the presence of English-language publications in the contemporary Indian context - their productions, circulations and readerships - to understand current social trends.

About the Author


Suman Gupta is Professor of Literature and Cultural History at the Open University UK. He is the author of eleven previous books and editor of seven, including The Theory and Reality of Democracy, Social Constructionist Identity Politics and Literary Studies, Globalization and Literature, Imagining Iraq and Contemporary Literature: The Basics.

Product Details
ISBN: 9781137489289
ISBN-10: 1137489286
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Publication Date: February 20th, 2015
Pages: 204
Language: English
Series: New Directions in Book History