"Vijayanagara Voices is a book about patterns in history, literature and life in South India. By examining the culture's archetypal displays, by understanding the culture in its own terms, and by comparing associated images and ideas from other cultures, this book offers unique …
This original and radical book challenges dominant parameters of literacy by comparing the oral tradition of the Tamils in South India with the Western culture of printed text. In India, traditional texts are always performed; as a result, form and meaning can change depending o…
Contributed short stories and novels by Tamil women authors on social movement in Tamil Nadu.
Contributed articles on the social, economic conditions of the people of Madras, India; includes articles on the growth of the city.