Decolonizing English Studies in India: Teaching of Native American Literatures in South Indian Universities

Title

Decolonizing English Studies in India: Teaching of Native American Literatures in South Indian Universities

Creator

Joseph, Gifty; Kennedy, John Joseph

Description

Contemporary higher education emphasizes glocal frameworks that accommodate both global and regional priorities in development. Decolonization of education becomes crucial in this context, where colonization led to the marginalization of Indigenous cultures, including Native American cultural traditions and knowledge systems. Multicultural inclusivity in higher education observes marginalized epistemic systems and gives them a place in the curriculum. By incorporating Native American texts in the English studies university syllabi in India, decolonization is brought into purview. This chapter deals with how the South Indian universities introduce Native American texts. The authors argue that multiculturalism in this context contributes to decolonial pedagogy, and the existing epistemic gap due to colonial oppression is problematized by inspecting the epistemic traditions of former colonies outside India. Content analysis of syllabi in the Central and state universities is the qualitative method used. 2025 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.

Source

Exploring Multicultural Dimensions of Literary, Linguistic, and Educational Frontiers;pp.107-136

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Joseph G., CHRIST University, Bangalore, India; Kennedy J.J., CHRIST University, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-836938198-4; 979-836938196-0;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-8196-0.ch005

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