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ABOUT THE BOOK
This book is about artisan caste, i.e., Thathiar. They are traditionally associated with utensil making. In the wake of industrialization and with the process of modernization many new forces have been unleashed into this traditional hereditary occupation of the Thathiars.The mechanisation of the work processes and intergenerational mobility point towards the diversifications as well as the decay of this occupation in Punjab. The findings on the process of Sanskritisation are illuminating. The study makes an invaluable addition to the body of knowledge needed for the study of social change in changing society.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Manjot Kaur has a PhD in Sociology and is currently Assistant Professor in School of Social Sciences, Guru Nanak DevUniversity,Amritsar.    Â
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements .................................................................................... 7
Preface ...................................................................................................... 9
Chapter - 1
Situating Post-Colonialism in Indian Fiction English:
A Critique ............................................................................... 13
Chapter - 2
Indian Literature: An Introduction .......................................... 39
Chapter - 3
Canon: The Role of the Booker .............................................. 55
Chapter - 4
The Personal and the Public: History in Midnight’s
Children .................................................................................. 65
Chapter - 5
‘Death More Profitable than Life’: A Critique of Caste,
Patriarchy, Communism in the God of Small Things ............. 81
Chapter - 6
‘Distant Others’: Immigrant Experience in the
Inheritance of Loss................................................................ 101
Chapter - 7
Representation of Modern India: Social Contexts in
the White Tiger ..................................................................... 117
Chapter - 8
Conclusion: Globalisation of Indian English Novel ............. 133
Select Bibliography ............................................................... 139
Index ..................................................................................... 167
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