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  • Tracking the Media

    Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan

    This book is about media content analysis in the English language print media in South Asia, with reference to certain contemporary issues. It is written from the perspective of the need to analyze media discourses and the ways in which their circulation creates a ‘common sense’ view of the world. The focus is on English language papers and news magazines; additionally, some Hindi, Urdu, and ... Read more

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  • The Distant Shores of Freedom

    Vietnamese American Memoirs and Fiction

    The Distant Shores of Freedom analyses literary works in English written by Vietnamese refugees in the US. Fiction and memoirs by Vietnamese Americans recover stories and memories that are often different from mainstream American ones and that difference enables readers to think of the US war in Vietnam from perspectives that are missing in mainstream representations.Dwelling not only on the war ... Read more

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  • Reconsidering English Studies in Indian Higher Education

    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    This book examines the status of English Studies in India, aspirations pinned on the subject by students, teachers, policy-makers and society in general, and how these are addressed at the higher education level. It presents analytical background discussions of the history and policy environment, and offers open-ended, multi-faceted and multi-vocal accounts of particular aspects of contemporary ... Read more

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  • Through War, Rebellion and Riot

    Kunal Sen was an Indian Postal Service officer from Bengal who witnessed the Great War at close quarters when stationed in Egypt, the Dardanelles, the Balkans, Mesopotamia, and in Iraq. Through War, Rebellion and Riot details his experience of World War I, the Arab rebellion, and the Bombay riots of 192122. Sen's invaluable first-hand account records little-known aspects of Indian participation in ... Read more

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