Re-Imagining Northeast Writings and Narratives: Language, Culture, and Border Identity

Dr.Kharingpam Ahum Chahong , Saima Malik

SLC India Publisher, 2024 - Literary Criticism - 625 pages

"Re-Imagining Northeast Writings and Narratives: Language, Culture, and Border Identity" presents a collaborative effort to critically examine the concept of Northeast India, focusing on its linguistic, geographical, cultural, and social dimensions. Through a compilation of articles and essays, the volume delves into various aspects such as language, literature, culture, challenges, and the complexities of identity within the region. Each contribution offers detailed insights and findings, enhancing our understanding of Northeast India's diverse cultural landscape and the experiences of its people. By addressing themes of spatiality, movement, and responses to representations of the Northeast, the volume aims to deepen scholarly engagement with the region and stimulate discourse on its unique linguistic, cultural, and border dynamics. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and anyone interested in gaining a nuanced understanding of Northeast India and its intricate interplay of language, culture, and identity.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• A Study: 21
• Unravelling the: 42
• The Making of a Magazine and the: 66
• The Various Dialects of The Garo Tribe and its: 84
• Impact of Popular Culture and Media on: 104
• Short Stories Collection Ayachit Atithi: 124
• Meditating on the Land and Looking at: 137
• All That is Not: 152
• The Politics of Language and Culture in North: 171
• A Critical Study of Luit Barak Aru Islam and Medini Choudhury: 183
• Pop Culture as a Medium of: 199
• Exploring the Culinary: 209
• in Shaping Indigeneity: 222
• Spatiality Landscape and Border Narratives 243404: 243
• Understanding the: 266
• Insights from: 279
• Reciprocity and Shared Administration of: 297
• Reading Select Narratives: 315
• Dimapur in the: 328
• Prapti Kakati: 342
• Securities and Insecurities of the Homeland Assam in Dhruba Hazarikas Sons of Brahma: 360
• A Study of Gorkha: 373
• The Praxis of Resistance to the Politics of: 394
• Ethnonationalism and the Northeast Representation and Literature 405608: 405
• Representations of: 423
• Identity Intersectionality and Cultural Representation in: 442

About the author

Dr.Kharingpam Ahum Chahong is Assistant Professor of English at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Besides teaching literature to students, Dr. Chahong is committed to not only resuscitating the vanishing tribal culture and art forms but also promoting and conserving the endangered tribal languages and literatures. His non-profit organization, the North-east Foundation for Education and Culture (NEFEC) works with grass root educationists to deliver quality education to the lowest rung of the society in the state of Manipur. His essay on literature in Tangkhul language is prescribed by the Tangkhul Literature Society for BA in Manipur University. Dr. Chahong has designed a paper titled “English Writings from the Northeast”, which is part of B.A. (H) English and MA (English) syllabus since 2010 in the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia. The papers were undoubtedly a first in any Indian University to be taught as a full-fledged independent paper. Dr. Chahong’s area of research interest includes, Folk Studies, Tribal Literature, Bible and Translation. Dr. Chahong writes poems in both English and in his mother tongue, Tangkhul.

Saima Malik is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi working on culture, gender and folklore of Kashmir. She has presented her research in many conferences and seminars across India. Having completed her master's from the University of Kashmir she is currently teaching as a guest faculty at DSEU. She also dedicates her time with learning and training herself in the art of translating Kashmiri folklore into English.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Re-Imagining Northeast Writings and Narratives: Language, Culture, and Border Identity
• Editors: Dr.Kharingpam Ahum Chahong , Saima Malik
• Publisher: SLC India Publisher, 2024
• ISBN: 8196295677, 9788196295677
• Length: 625 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Books & Reading