{"product_id":"identitti-mithu-sanyal-9781662601293","title":"Identitti","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Provocative and knotty . . . \u003ci\u003eIdentitti\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracing story, one in which Sanyal refuses to give us the easy way out.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Olivia Craighead, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNivedita (a.k.a. Identitti), a well-known blogger and doctoral student is in awe of her supervisor--superstar postcolonial and race studies South-Asian professor Saraswati. But her life and sense of self are turned upside down when it emerges that Saraswati is actually white. Nivedita's praise of her professor during a radio interview just hours before the news breaks--and before she learns the truth--calls into question her own reputation as a young activist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the uproar, Nivedita is forced to reflect on the key moments in her life, when she doubted her identity and her place in the world. As debates on the scandal rage on social media, blogs, and among her closest friends, Nivedita's assumptions are called into question as she reconsiders the lessons she learned from her adored professor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her thought-provoking, genre-bending debut, Mithu Sanyal solicited the contributions and commentary of public intellectuals as if Saraswati were a real person. A darkly comedic tour de force, \u003ci\u003eIdentitti\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the outsized power of social media in the current debates about identity politics and the power of claiming your own voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mithu Sanyal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662601298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662601293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 5.91w x 1.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 30","brand":"Mithu Sanyal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048601579775,"sku":"9781662601293","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef6319d0-6b74-47b1-8e58-3018628e761b.jpg?v=1684996721","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/identitti-mithu-sanyal-9781662601293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}