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Chandran, Mini,

The writer, the reader and the state : literary censorship in India / Mini Chandran. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Besieged Wordsand Strategies of Control; 1 The Writer and the State:The Indian Literary Tradition; 2 Censorship Laws and Colonial Roots; 3 Banned in India: Books Denied to Indian Readers; 4 The Bhasha Fights: Censorship inRegional Languages; 5 Of Shame and Silence:The Emergency 1975-77; 6 The 'Democratization' of Censorship:Books and the Indian Public; Index; About the Author

This book offers a comprehensive account of the censorship of literature in India since Independence and the recent trends in literature banning.

ISBN: 9386446081 (Web PDF) 9789386446091 (E-Pub 2.0) 938644609X (E-Pub 2.0) 9789386446084 (electronic bk.) (print ; alk. paper)

LCCN: 2017025342

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indic literature--Censorship.
Indic literature (English)--Censorship.
Censorship--History.--India
Intellectual freedom--India.
Books and reading--History.--India
Authors and readers--History.--India
Littérature de l'Inde--Censure.
Littérature de l'Inde (anglaise)--Censure.
Liberté de pensée--Inde.
Livres et lecture--Histoire.--Inde
Écrivains et lecteurs--Histoire.--Inde
Authors and readers.
Books and reading.
Censorship.
Intellectual freedom.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: PK2903

Dewey Class. No.: 363.310954