WOMEN WRITERS OF THE SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA: Interpreting Gender, Texts and Contexts
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- ISBN13: 9.78813E+12
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher Imprint: Rawat
- Pages: 264
- Language: English
- Edition: First
- Item Weight: 500
- BISAC Subject(s): Women Studies
Women Writers of the South Asian Diaspora: Interpreting Gender, Texts and Contexts offers varied perspectives on the literary works of women writers hailing from South Asia and living in different parts of the world. This volume deals with themes and issues represented by well-known and newer authors belonging to the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.
Diaspora literature produced by women is fascinating for its intriguing portrayal of life abroad. For South Asians experiencing cultural differences, adaptation to a new society, acculturation and hybridization processes; the situation can be extremely dissipating or exhilarating depending upon circumstances. This anthology attempts to map the journey of South Asians abroad through the examination of diaspora authors’ narratives. The articles seek to capture the diverse pictures gathered by women writers whose unique vision and understanding of international migration and life in foreign lands adds to the existing literature on the subject. The interviews in the volume bring fresh perspectives through the personal experiences of the authors like Chandani Lokugé and Manjushree Thapa. They share their knowledge, experience, their migration and exploitation in their home and hostland. They divulge their trauma of alienation, identity crises and gender discrimination and explore vistas that are revelatory.
Diaspora literature produced by women is fascinating for its intriguing portrayal of life abroad. For South Asians experiencing cultural differences, adaptation to a new society, acculturation and hybridization processes; the situation can be extremely dissipating or exhilarating depending upon circumstances. This anthology attempts to map the journey of South Asians abroad through the examination of diaspora authors’ narratives. The articles seek to capture the diverse pictures gathered by women writers whose unique vision and understanding of international migration and life in foreign lands adds to the existing literature on the subject. The interviews in the volume bring fresh perspectives through the personal experiences of the authors like Chandani Lokugé and Manjushree Thapa. They share their knowledge, experience, their migration and exploitation in their home and hostland. They divulge their trauma of alienation, identity crises and gender discrimination and explore vistas that are revelatory.
Ajay K. Chaubey is a Senior Assistant Professor of English at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand. He is also a Coordinator of the Department at the NIT-UK (Satellite Campus, MNIT, Jaipur). His major publications include V.S. Naipaul (2015) and Salman Rushdie (2016). Additionally, he has number of essays, interviews and book reviews to his credit, which have appeared in national and international magazines and journals of India, Thailand, Australia, UK and Canada. He has attended, participated and presented research papers in the conferences and symposia held in India and England including York St. John University, York; Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham and University of Leicester, Leicester (UK) during June 2014. Dr Chaubey has recently published two volumes – South Asian Diasporic Cinema and Theatre and Mapping South Asian Diaspora: Recent Responses and Ruminations.
Shilpa Daithota Bhat is an Assistant Professor of English in Ahmedabad University, Gujarat. She is the first recipient of Lorna Marsden International Visitor Fellowship to York University, Canada (2015). A Commonwealth Fellow to the University of Toronto, she was also a recipient of the Pacific Asia Network of Canadian Studies (PANCS) grant to Korea University. She has travelled to McGill University, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto and University of York, Canada, for research. Her areas of interest are South Asian Narratives, Diaspora and Postcolonial Theories, Canadian Studies and Children’s Literature. She is the author of Indians in Victorian Children’s Narratives: Animalizing the ‘Native’, 1830–1930.
Shilpa Daithota Bhat is an Assistant Professor of English in Ahmedabad University, Gujarat. She is the first recipient of Lorna Marsden International Visitor Fellowship to York University, Canada (2015). A Commonwealth Fellow to the University of Toronto, she was also a recipient of the Pacific Asia Network of Canadian Studies (PANCS) grant to Korea University. She has travelled to McGill University, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto and University of York, Canada, for research. Her areas of interest are South Asian Narratives, Diaspora and Postcolonial Theories, Canadian Studies and Children’s Literature. She is the author of Indians in Victorian Children’s Narratives: Animalizing the ‘Native’, 1830–1930.