Lecture: Emergency Fictions
Ayelet Ben-Yishai, Lecturer, English, University of Haifa
Event Details
Date
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Time
12-1 p.m.
Description
Imposed by India’s “Greatest Prime Minister,” from June 1975 to January 1977, the State of Emergency is usually presented as an anomaly in the annals of the world’s largest democracy.Focusing on fiction and non-fiction by Indira Gandhi’s cousin and critic, Nayantara Sahgal, Ayeley Ben-Yishai will highlight the tension between continuity and crisis that structures these narratives, and their political, historical and cultural implications.
Cost
Free