{"product_id":"identitti-9781662601293","title":"Identitti","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sellout \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e in this satirical debut about a German Indian student whose world is upended when she discovers that her beloved professor who passed for Indian is, in fact, white.\u003c\/b\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 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 Saraswati 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 enlisted the contributions and commentary of real life 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662601293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Mithu Sanyal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159517302965,"sku":"9781662601293","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/identitti-9781662601293","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}