About the Journal

CSASCritical South Asian Studies (CSAS) is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed international Open Access journal. Interdisciplinary in nature, the journal focuses on literary, media and cultural studies. The journal invites theoretical submissions from these areas to explore and understand the varied contexts that define South Asia and its people. The CSAS journal is home to scholarly debates among scholars from Asia, Americas, Africa and Europe.

Critical South Asian Studies is an Open Access publication, allowing users to freely access, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full-text articles for any lawful purpose without requiring permission from the publisher or author. 

ISSN: 2753-6734 (Print) ISSN: 2753-6742 (Online)

Critical South Asian Studies is published twice a year in February and August.

Current Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024)
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Published: 2024-08-05

Editorial

  • Editorial Introduction: Art as Subversion

    Binayak Roy
    1-4
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/csas.v2i1.3385

Articles

  • Myth, Mystery, and Murder: Trauma and Resistance in The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

    Ashmita Saha, Mallika Ghosh Sarbadhikary
    5-13
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/csas.v2i1.3255

  • From Esoteric Religiosity to Ethical Inclusivity: An Investigation of the Detrimental Effects of Religious Trauma in The Saint of Bright Doors

    Lemon Sam
    15-21
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/csas.v2i1.3309

  • At Childhood’s End: Trauma, Survivance, and the Healing Fantastic in Abhishek Majumdar’s The Djinns of Eidgah

    Mayurika Chakravorty
    23-31
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/csas.v2i1.3317

  • Evolution of Female Desire and Fantasy in Bollywood Cinema: Perspectives from Male and Female Directors in the Post-Liberalization Era

    Shrinwanti Mistri, Roudrajjal Dasgupta
    33-47
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/csas.v2i1.3308

  • Itihasam of/as Legend: Time, Space, and Narrative Consciousness in The Legends of Khasak

    Srinjoyee Dutta, Arnav Gogoi
    49-60
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/csas.v2i1.3310

  • “Something Miraculous about Them”: ‘Indian Doctors’ and quacks in White Australia, 1880-1930

    Amit Sarwal
    61-79
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/csas.v2i1.3335

  • The Uncanny in Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand: Subverting the Reality

    Nabanita Chakraborty
    81-89
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/csas.v2i1.3247
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