Ponzanesi Paradoxes of Postcolonial Culture

Contemporary Women Writers of the Indian and Afro-Italian Diaspora
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8451-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 282 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies

Explores postcolonial discourse from the standpoint of feminism and writers in minority languages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ponzanesi, Sandra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Touchstones
2 The Exuberance of Immigration: Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine
3 The Shock of Arrival: Meena Alexander, Fault Lines
4 Alienation and Narration: Sara Suleri, Meatless Days
5 Floating Myths: Sunetra Gupta, Moonlight into Marzipan
6 A Short Story about the Italian Empire: From Fascist Propaganda to
Postcolonial Representations
7 Daughters of Empire: Métissage and Hyphenated Identities: Erminia dell'Oro and Maria Abbebù Viarengo
8 Living in Translation: Ribka Sibhatu, Aulò: Canto-Poesia dall'Eritrea
9 Voices in Pain: Once We Were Warriors: Sirad S. Hassan, Sette Gocce di Sangue
10 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sandra Ponzanesi is Assistant Professor and Research Fellow of Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.