Diaspora Poetics and Homing in South Asian Women's Writing : Beyond Trishanku.

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This book looks at women writers from the South Asian region who negotiate Home from the vantage point of in-between space-defined through the mythical concept of Trishanku and the frameworks of migration, historical consciousness, colonialism, interracial experiences, fragmented memories, nostalgia...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jolly, Gurbir Singh
Other Authors: Kimak, Izabella, Alonso, María Alonso, Traseira, María Jesús Cabarcos, Carter, Marina, Wong, Mitali P., Hebbar, Reshmi J., Naidu, Sam, Pracha, Setara, Bhat, Shilpa Daithota
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books, 2018.
Subjects:
South Asian literature (English) > History and criticism.
South Asian literature > History and criticism.
Home in literature.
Littérature sud-asiatique (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature sud-asiatique > Histoire et critique.
Foyer dans la littérature.
Home in literature
South Asian literature
South Asian literature (English)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: REALIZING TRISHANKU; 1 Representation and Memorialization of the Experiences of Women in Indenture; 2 Uprooted and Dispossessed; 3 Pursuing the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora through Ramabai Espinetâ#x80;#x99;s The Swinging Bridge; 4 â#x80;#x9C;Thereâ#x80;#x99;s No Place Like Homeâ#x80;#x9D;; 2: CONFIGURING HOME; 5 A Passage from India; 6 Relocating Home and Diasporizing the South Asian Queer; 7 Negotiating Home and Homeland through Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Life-Writing; 3: EXPLORING HOSTLANDS; 8 Bharati Mukherjeeâ#x80;#x99;s Jasmine and the Romance of the Refugee Governess.
  • 9 Exploring Race in the Poetry of Vandana Khanna, Pireeni Sundaralingam, and Dilruba Ahmed10 Corporeality and Search for Home in Bharati Mukherjeeâ#x80;#x99;s Fiction; Epilogue; Index; About the Contributors.

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