Fabrication of a desired truth: the oblivion of a Naxalite woman in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland

• Published in: Asian ethnicity Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 383 - 401
• Main Author: Pourya Asl, Moussa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Capitalism; Communism; Communists; female subjectivity; Females; Genealogy; Heteronormativity; Lahiri, Jhumpa; Naxalbari; Oversight; Rebellions; Subjectivity; subjugated knowledges; Truth

Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland (2013) explores effects of the 1967 Communist Naxalbari uprising in West Bengal India. Irrespective of the glowing reviews the author earned for her truthful representations, the novel presents the pro-Communist uprising in a particular discursive regime that establi...