{"product_id":"native-intelligence-deepika-bahri-9780816639410","title":"Native Intelligence: Aesthetics, Politics, and Postcolonial Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling reclamation of the place of aesthetics in postcolonial literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterature though it may be, postcolonial literature is studied and understood largely--and often solely--in social and political terms. In neglecting its aesthetic dimension, as this book forcefully demonstrates, we are overlooking not only an essential aspect of this literature but even a critical perspective on its sociopolitical function and value. In \u003ci\u003eNative Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e, Deepika Bahri focuses on postcolonial literature's formal and aesthetic negotiations with sociopolitical concerns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow, Bahri asks, do aesthetic considerations contest the social function of postcolonial literature? In answering, her book takes on two tasks: First, it identifies the burden of representation borne by postcolonial literature through its progressive politicization. Second, it draws on Frankfurt School critical theory to reclaim a place for aesthetics in literary representation by closely engaging works of Rohinton Mistry, Salman Rushdie, and Arundhati Roy. Throughout, Bahri shows how attention to the aesthetic innovations and utopian impulses of postcolonial works uncovers their complex and uneven relationship to ideology, reanimating their potential to make novel contributions to the larger project of social liberation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deepika Bahri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816639418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816639410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 5.86w x 0.64d","brand":"Deepika Bahri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517476057343,"sku":"9780816639410","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4d31d67-0e92-407d-8fa1-5e4eb74134f4.jpg?v=1778731974","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/native-intelligence-deepika-bahri-9780816639410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}