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1 online resource (203 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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, and hyphenated identities |
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Print version record |
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South Asian literature (English) -- History and criticism
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South Asian literature -- History and criticism
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Home in literature.
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Home in literature
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South Asian literature
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South Asian literature (English)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kimak, Izabella
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Alonso, María Alonso
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Traseira, María Jesús Cabarcos
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Carter, Marina
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Wong, Mitali P
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Hebbar, Reshmi J
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Naidu, Sam
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Pracha, Setara
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Bhat, Shilpa Daithota
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| ISBN |
9781498577632 |
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1498577636 |
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