Non-Conforming Women in Neoliberal Cities

Re-thinking Empowerment in Contemporary Diaspora Fiction and Film
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-03881-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book investigates the complex role space and movement play in the representation of South Asian diasporic communities in contemporary diaspora literature and films, the question of female empowerment in neoliberal Western cities, and the impact of trauma on female identities. It highlights the literary and cinematic portrayal of South Asian people’s migration to the UK and the US after the Second World War and discusses how the identities of the female characters are transformed in neoliberal cities. Focusing on South Asian women writers and directors, who are first- and second-generation immigrants in the West, the volume analyses how their works depict female empowerment in both British and American settings.

The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature, film studies, diaspora studies, gender studies and South Asian studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chattopadhyay, Shrimoyee

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Mapping Identities: South Asian Diasporic Women and Empowerment  1. Neoliberal Cities as Sites of Female Empowerment  2. “Places and Spaces”: Transformative Perspectives in Diasporic Narratives  3. Intersectionality and Its Impact on Identity Formation: A Comparative Analysis of South Asian Diasporic Female Characters  4. “Home and Homelessness”: Nostalgia and the Impact of Culinary Arts on Female Identity  5. Trauma and Healing: The Journeys of Diasporic Women as an Escape Mechanism Conclusion (and beyond)

Über Autor(innen)

Shrimoyee Chattopadhyay has completed her PhD at the Doctoral School of Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Debrecen, Hungary, under the prestigious Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship programme. She does research in contemporary South Asian diasporic fiction and film, but her interests include gender studies, food culture, memory, and trauma studies. She has been awarded the Bangabidya Young Scholar Award (2022).