Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
Reihe: Cross/Cultures
Diaspora Writing of the Indian Subcontinent
Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
Reihe: Cross/Cultures
ISBN: 978-90-420-1261-5
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi
As a response to these debates, Shifting Continents/Colliding Cultures explores the aftermath of British colonialism on the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, including the resulting diaspora. The essays also examine zones of intersection between theories of postcolonial writing and models of diaspora and the nation. Particular lines of investigation include: how South-Asian identity is negotiated in Western spaces, and its reverse, how Western identity is negotiated in South-Asian space; reading identity by privileging history; the role of diasporic women in the (Western) nation; how diaspora affects the literary canon; and how diaspora is used in the production of alternative identities in films such as Gurinder Chadha's Bhaji on the Beach.
Fachgebiete
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction. Ralph J. CRANE & Radhika MOHANRAM: Constructing the Diasporic Body. Ralph J. CRANE: “Who. am. I?” Displacement and identity in Leena Dhingra's Amritvela. Chandani LOKUGÉ: “We must laugh at one another, or die”. Yasmine Gooneratne's A Change of Skies and South-Asian migrant identities. Satendra NANDAN: Migration, Dispossession, Exile and the Diasporic Consciousness. The body politic of Fiji. Nilufer E. BHARUCHA: Imaging the Parsi Diaspora. Narratives on the wings of fire. Susheila NASTA: Homes Without Walls. South-Asian writing in Britain. Debjani GANGULY: Transgressing Sacred Visions. Taslima, Rushdie and the Indian subcontinent. C. VIJAYASREE: Alter-Nativity, Migration, Marginality and Narrative. The case of Indian women writers settled in the West. Zohreh T. SULLIVAN: Managing Migrancy. Narratives of exile and diaspora from Aimé Césaire to Bharati Mukherjee. Susan SPEARY: Shifting Continents/Colliding Cultures. Spatial odysseys in diaspora writing. Radhika MOHANRAM: Postcoloniality and the Canon. Bharati Mukherjee's The Holder of the World. R. RAJ RAO: “Because most people marry their own kind”. A reading of Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy. Jane ROSCOE: From Bombay to Blackpool. The construction of Indian femininity in Bhaji on the Beach. Isabel SANTAOLALLA: Cinematic Journeys to Insular England. Horace Ové's Playing Away and Gurinder Chadha's Bhaji on the Beach. Afterword. Makarand PARANJAPE: What About Those Who Stayed Back Home? Interrogating the privileging of diasporic writing. Works Cited. Notes on Contributors.