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Bagchi Barnita

The politics of the impossible : Utopia and dystopia reconsidered - New Delhi Sage Publications 2012 - 241p vi

Table of contents
Introduction - Barnita Bagchi ;
PART ONE: UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA: DEBATES AND RESONANCES ;
Utopia: Future and/or Alterity? - Miguel Abensour;
Echo of an Impossible Return: An Essay Concerning Fredric Jameson's Utopian Thought and Gathering and Hunting Social Relations - Peter Kulchyski;
Radicalism in Early Modern England: Innovation or Reformation? - Rachel Foxley;
Dystopia, Utopia, and Akhtaruzzaman Elias's Novel Khowabnam - Subhoranjan Dasgupta;
Palestine: Land of Utopias - Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun;
PART TWO: ENGENDERING UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA ;
'One Darling though Terrific Theme': Anna Wheeler and the Rights of Women - Theresa Moriarty;
A Parliament of Women: Dystopia in Nineteenth-century Bengali Imagination - Samita Sen;
'Empire Builder': A Utopian Alternative to Citizenship for Early 20th Century British 'Ladies' - Martine Spensky;
Ladylands and Sacrificial Holes: Utopias and Dystopias in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Writings - Barnita Bagchi;
Utopia in the Subjunctive Mood: Bessie Head's When Rain Clouds Gather - Modhumita Roy;
PART THREE: CONCLUSION ;
Globalization, Development and Resistance of Utopian Dreams to the Praxis of Dystopian Utopia - Marie-Claire Caloz-Tschopp;
Index

ISBN: 9788132107347

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Utopias - History2. Dystopias - History

Dewey Class. No.: 335.020000 / BAG