Mr. Rushdie and Mrs. Gandhi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7669187 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Frank (0000-0001-8875-6707, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 245-258 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2010.0239 |
| OpenAlex | W2053632234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
The libel suit brought by Indira Gandhi against Salman Rushdie in 1984, after the publication of Midnight's Children , was not merely the culmination of a personal and literary quarrel. With hindsight we can see that it raises key issues connected with the writing of biography concerning biographical authority, the fictional appropriation of history, political accountability, and the peculiar vulnerability of Indian widows
Appropriation · Art · Art history · Biography · Culmination · Hindsight bias · Literature · Midnight · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |