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2020 Program Sessions

112. Global Realisms in South Asia since 1950

3:30 PM–4:45 PM Jan 9, 2020 (US - Pacific)

WSCC - Skagit 4

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Presentations

1: Semiperipheral Realism and Neoliberal Transitions in Vivek Shanbhag’s Ghachar Ghochar

Gabriele Lazzari, Rutgers U, New Brunswick

2: Vernacular Postcolonial Feminism and the Writing of Perumal Murugan

Nalini Iyer, Seattle U

3: Postcolonial Realism and the Limits of Empathy in Neel Mukherjee’s The Lives of Others

Saumya Lal, U of Massachusetts, Amherst

4: Extreme Realism or Realism in Extremis? The Prose and Poetry of Mahasweta Devi and Varavara Rao

Deepika Bahri, Emory U

Presider

Auritro Majumder, U of Houston

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