{"product_id":"identitti-hardcover","title":"Identitti - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMithu Sanyal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlta L. Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Provocative and knotty . . . \u003ci\u003eIdentitti\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracing story, one in which Sanyal refuses to give us the easy way out.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Olivia Craighead, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNivedita (a.k.a. Identitti), a well-known blogger and doctoral student is in awe of her supervisor--superstar postcolonial and race studies South-Asian professor Saraswati. But her life and sense of self are turned upside down when it emerges that Saraswati is actually white. Nivedita's praise of her professor during a radio interview just hours before the news breaks--and before she learns the truth--calls into question her own reputation as a young activist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the uproar, Nivedita is forced to reflect on the key moments in her life, when she doubted her identity and her place in the world. As debates on the scandal rage on social media, blogs, and among her closest friends, Nivedita's assumptions are called into question as she reconsiders the lessons she learned from her adored professor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her thought-provoking, genre-bending debut, Mithu Sanyal solicited the contributions and commentary of public intellectuals as if Saraswati were a real person. A darkly comedic tour de force, \u003ci\u003eIdentitti\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the outsized power of social media in the current debates about identity politics and the power of claiming your own voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMithu Sanyal is a cultural scientist, journalist, critic, and author of two academic books: \u003ci\u003eVulva\u003c\/i\u003e, which was translated into five languages, and \u003ci\u003eRape\u003c\/i\u003e, which was translated into three languages. This is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 9.13 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766733537568,"sku":"9781662601293","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3dfaac47cdd2ae889fd8b099f79f1ad7.webp?v=1780297831","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/identitti-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}