Colonial Narratives/Cultural Dialogues demonstrates the continuing validity of the colonial paradigm as it maps the geographical, political, and imaginative space of 'India/Indies' from the seventeenth century to the present. Breaking new ground in postcolonial studies, Jyotsna Singh highlights the interconnections among early modern colonial encounters, later manifestations in the Raj and their lingering influence in the postcolonial Indian nationalist state.Singh challeng...

Now available in paperback, Shakespeare and Postcolonial Theory is an up-to-date guide to contemporary debates in postcolonial studies and how these shape our understanding of Shakespeare's politics and poetics. Taking a historical perspective, it covers early modern discourses of colonialism, 'race', gender and globalization, through to contemporary intercultural appropriations and global adaptations of Shakespeare. Showing how the dialogue between Shakespeare criticism and postc...

A COMPANION TO THE GLOBAL RENAISSANCEAn innovative collection of original essays providing an expansive picture of globalization across the early modern world, now in its second editionA Companion to the Global Renaissance: Literature and Culture in the Era of Expansion, 1500–1700, Second Edition provides readers with a deeper and more nuanced understanding of both macro and micro perspectives on the commercial and cross-cultural i...

This three-volume set CCIS 2366-2368 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Communications and Business Analytics, CICBA 2024, held in Patna, India, during January 23–25, 2024.The 82 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 249 submissions. Together, these papers showcase cutting-edge research in the fields of computational intelligence and business analytics, covering a broad r...

The Postcolonial World presents an overview of the field and extends critical debate in exciting new directions. It provides an important and timely reappraisal of postcolonialism as an aesthetic, political, and historical movement, and of postcolonial studies as a multidisciplinary, transcultural field. Essays map the terrain of the postcolonial as a global phenomenon at the intersection of several disciplinary inquiries. Framed by an introductory chapter and a concluding essay, ...

This comprehensive exploration investigates the powerful intersection and the ever-changing impact of machine learning techniques on data analysis in healthcare, transforming the way we approach medical challenges, improve patient outcomes, and enhance healthcare systems. The healthcare industry generates an enormous amount of data, from electronic health records and medical imaging to genomic sequencing and wearable devices. However, the true value of this data lies not in its sheer volum...

Sustainable development has emerged as an overarching concern globally. Given the challenges of climate change, national economies, especially in the developing world, face unsustainable levels and patterns of growth and development. This volume looks at how India’s sustainable development has progressed through institutional changes and public policy discourse. It studies the three pillars of sustainability – technology, governance, and finance. The authors examine whether institutions ha...

This three-volume set CCIS 2366-2368 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Communications and Business Analytics, CICBA 2024, held in Patna, India, during January 23–25, 2024.The 82 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 249 submissions. Together, these papers showcase cutting-edge research in the fields of computational intelligence and business analytics, covering a broad r...

This three-volume set CCIS 2366-2368 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Communications and Business Analytics, CICBA 2024, held in Patna, India, during January 23–25, 2024.The 82 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 249 submissions. Together, these papers showcase cutting-edge research in the fields of computational intelligence and business analytics, covering a broad r...