Contradictory Indianness : indenture, creolization, and literary imaginary /

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"As Contradictory Indianness shows, a postcolonial Caribbean aesthetics that has from its inception privileged inclusivity, interraciality, and resistance against Old World colonial orders requires taking into account Indo-Caribbean writers and their reimagining of Indianness in the region. Whe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Phukan, Atreyee (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Series:Critical Caribbean studies.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Caribbean fiction (English) > East Indian authors > History and criticism.
Caribbean fiction (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
East Indian diaspora in literature.
East Indians in literature.
Roman antillais (anglais) > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) dans la littérature.
Roman antillais (anglais) > Auteurs de l'Inde > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Caribbean fiction (English)
East Indian diaspora in literature
East Indians in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Indenture, creolization, and literary imaginary
  • Passage and poetics in Totaram Sanadhya and LalBihari Sharma
  • Repatriation and the "Indian problem" in Ismith Khan's The Jumbie bird (1960)
  • The trope of the ricefield in Harold Sonny Ladoo's No pain like this body (1972)
  • (En)Gendering indenture in Shani Mootoo's Cereus blooms at night (1992).

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