Mahasweta Devi in Defence of the Human - The Poetics of Translating Resistance

This book re-thinks the literary and social worlds of Mahasweta Devi, the prolific and influential writer and social activist, in connection to her praxis. It brings into focus Devi’s preoccupation with the human, nature and life that underline her poetics of translating resistance in terms of a radical alterity.