Angana Das
Biographic Data
| ID | 6041136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angana Das |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angana |
| FAMILY NAME | Das |
| SIGNATURE | DAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Indiscriminate grief and prioritizing care
This article examines how Zakes Mda, in Ways of Dying (1995), creates both a “stranger” artist-protagonist, Toloki the Professional Mourner, as well as the ideal postcolonial subject, Shadrack, local political leader and businessman. It examines the implications of the novel’s didacticism being focalized through Toloki, and not the radical political intellectual. Using Judith Butler’s work on precarity, vulnerability, and grievability, the articl…
Mother Africa” and Her Rebellious Children
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Mother Africa” and Her Rebellious Children
Indiscriminate grief and prioritizing care
This article examines how Zakes Mda, in Ways of Dying (1995), creates both a “stranger” artist-protagonist, Toloki the Professional Mourner, as well as the ideal postcolonial subject, Shadrack, local political leader and businessman. It examines the implications of the novel’s didacticism being focalized through Toloki, and not the radical political intellectual. Using Judith Butler’s work on precarity, vulnerability, and grievability, the articl…
African history and culture studies (1 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Butterfly (1 works) · Care (1 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 works) · Communitarianism (1 works) · Didacticism (1 works) · Empathy (1 works)