The Return of the Prehistoric and the “Deathwish” of the Tribals in Mahasweta Devi’s Novella, Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay, and Pirtha

<p>This essay focusses on the cultural violence perpetrated against the adivasis  in  Mahasweta Devi’s novella, <em>Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay, and Pirtha</em>. It illuminates how passive resistance of adivasis in the form of collective mourning upon the appearance of the pterodactyl...

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Main Author: Jogamaya Bayer
Format: article
Language:EN
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Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a7c2e66a5d484b0f9cfc9b20dc3708fb
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