Title South Asian writers in twentieth-century Britain : culture in translation / Ruvani Ranasinha

Published Oxford ; Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 302 pages) Series Oxford English monographs Oxford English monographs. Contents Introduction; 1. Shifting Conditions: The Changing Markets for South Asian Writing in Britain during the Twentieth Century; 2. Self-translation as Self-promotion: I: Nirad C. Chaudhuri; 2. Self-translation as Self-promotion: II: M.J. Tambimuttu; 3. Assimilation and Resistance: Kamala Markandaya and A. Sivanandan; 4. Writing Back, Re-writing Britain: Farrukh Dhondy and Salman Rushdie; 5. Staging Cultural Difference: Cultural Translation and the Politics of Representation: Hanif Kureishi and Meera Syal; Afterword; Bibliography; Index Summary This book considers the work of South Asian writers who emigrated to, or were born in, Britain. Comparing the work of different generations, it shows how the experience of migrancy, the attitudes towards migrant writers in the literary market place, and the critical reception of them, changed significantly during the twentieth century. - ;South Asian Writers in Twentieth-Century Britain is the first book to provide a historical account of the publication and reception of South Asian anglophone writing from the 1930s to the present, based on original archival research drawn from a range of publ Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-296) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT Markandaya, Kamala. swd Rushdie, Salman. swd Chaudhuri, Nirad C. swd Sivanandan, Ambalavaner. swd Subject English literature -- South Asian authors -- History and criticism South Asians in literature. South Asians -- Ethnic identity LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature -- South Asian authors Literature South Asians -- Ethnic identity South Asians in literature Schriftsteller Literatur Azië. Englische Literatur -- Asiatische Autoren -- Geschichte 20. Jh. Minderheitenliteratur -- englische -- Geschichte 20. Jh. Englische Literatur -- Südasien -- Geschichte 20. Jh. Schriftsteller -- Südasiaten -- Literatur -- Englisch -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte -- 1930-2004. Literatur -- Englisch -- Südasiaten -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte -- 1930-2004. SUBJECT South Asia -- In literature Subject South Asia Großbritannien Südasien Südasiaten -- Schriftsteller -- Literatur -- Englisch -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte -- 1930-2004. Grossbritannien -- Schriftsteller -- Südasiaten -- Literatur -- Englisch -- Geschichte -- 1930-2004. Südasiaten -- Literatur -- Englisch -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte -- 1930-2004. Grossbritannien -- Südasiaten -- Literatur -- Englisch -- Geschichte -- 1930-2004. Englisch. Südasiaten. Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191525919 019152591X 9781429470292 1429470291 9786611149055 6611149058 9781281149053 1281149055

Other Titles South Asian writers in 20th-century Britain

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