An Ambiguous Journey to the City

副标题: The Village and Other Odd Ruins of the Self in the Indian Imagination

ISBN: 9780195683974

出版社: Oxford University Press, USA

出版年: 2007-12-09

页数: 164

定价: USD 24.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Divided into four sections, this book tells the story of India's ambivalent affair with the modern city throug hthe myth of the journey between the village and the city, and the changes that myth has undergone. It loks at the vicissitudes of the metaphor of journey; profiles various heroes as they negotiate the transitions from the village to the city and back to the village; and focuses on the psychopathological journey from a poisoned village into a self-annihilating city.