{"product_id":"affective-disorders-emotion-in-colonial-and-postcolonial-literature-9781802070064","title":"Affective Disorders: Emotion in Colonial and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eSituated at the intersection of postcolonial studies, affect studies, and narratology, \u003ci\u003eAffective Disorders\u003c\/i\u003e explores the significance of emotion in a range of colonial and postcolonial narratives. Through close readings of Naguib Mahfouz, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, and Upamanyu Chatterjee, among others, Bede Scott argues that literary representations of emotion need not be interpreted solely at the level of character, individual psychology, or the contingencies of plotting, but could also be related to broader sociopolitical forces. We thus find episodes of anger that serve as a collective response to the 'modernity' of wartime Cairo, feelings of jealousy that are inspired by the slave economy of imperial Brazil, and an overwhelming sense of boredom that emerges, in the late eighties, out of the bureaucratic procedures of the Indian Administrative Service. \u003ci\u003eAffective Disorders\u003c\/i\u003e also explores in some detail the formal consequences of these feelings – the way in which affective states such as anger or jealousy can often destabilize narratives, provoking crises of representation, generic ambivalence, and discursive rupture. By emphasizing the social origin of these emotions, and by analysing their influence on literary discourse, this study provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between various sociopolitical forces and the affective and aesthetic 'disorders' to which they give rise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eAffective Disorders\u003c\/em\u003e is a skilful, impeccably researched contribution, with much to offer to affect studies, narratology, and postcolonial work on emotion.' \u003cbr\u003e Alice Millington, \u003cem\u003e Journal of Postcolonial Writing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The project [is] an ambitious one given the author deals with two independent empires, three disparate centuries, and four different countries. As one proceeds through the riveting pages of the book, however, one realizes the scholarly acumen and academic rigor that Scott brings to bear on his work [...] that undoubtedly make it a pleasurable read. [...] One must acknowledge [its] nuanced, compelling, and erudite arguments. [...] The book is certainly a must-read for scholars of narratology, affect studies, and postcolonial criticism.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShailendra Kumar Singh, \u003ci\u003eCambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Anger: Naguib Mahfouz’s \u003ci\u003eMidaq Alley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Reticence: Vikram Seth’s \u003ci\u003eA Suitable Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Jealousy: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis’ \u003ci\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Boredom: Upamanyu Chatterjee’s \u003ci\u003eEnglish, August: An Indian Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Fear: Michael Ondaatje’s \u003ci\u003eAnil’s Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Stuplimity: Vikram Chandra’s \u003ci\u003eSacred Games\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360141050199,"sku":"9781802070064","price":29.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781802070064.jpg?v=1754126788","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/affective-disorders-emotion-in-colonial-and-postcolonial-literature-9781802070064","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}