The cracks of post-liberalized India
Storying the "New Society" through Banerjee'sThe Harappa Files(2011)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2179075 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Dawson Varughese (0000-0001-6337-4462) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 494-509 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2016.1228270 |
| OpenAlex | W2530364618 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article explores Sarnath Banerjee’s graphic novel The Harappa Files (2011) as a cultural and literary product of the post-millennial period in India, positing the Indian graphic novel as a new form of cultural and visual consumption. The article examines how Banerjee’s graphic novel looks to story the “new society” through the device of recollection and how, in doing so, it usurps traditional modes of representations of India by depicting India at certain points in a critical and unfavourable light. Overall, the article suggests that the Indian graphic novel is a site where old and new modes of visuality confer and where India is represented anew, often in challenging and inauspicious ways. The graphic novel lends itself to such contestation, since its literary form (often considered “marginal” both within and outside India) offers a creative space for challenging representations
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Indian art · Indian literature · Literature · Period (music · Sociology · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Comics and Graphic Narratives · South Asian Cinema and Culture · History
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |