South Asian Atlantic Literature, 1970-2010

Ruth Maxey

book: South Asian Atlantic Literature, 1970-2010

Open Access Published by Edinburgh University Press 2011

South Asian Atlantic Literature, 1970-2010

Ruth Maxey

In the series Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474423557

Overview
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About this book

The first major interpretation of recent South Asian diasporic writing in specifically transatlantic terms

Ruth Maxey offers readings of canonical and less well-known South Asian American and British Asian texts and key cinematic works. She explores the formal and thematic tendencies of the works, relating them to gender politics, the marketplace, and issues of literary value and historical change. The book engages with established debates, while intervening in new ways in transatlantic studies, postcolonial literary studies and Asian American cultural studies.

Key features

Organised around four key themes: home & nation, travel & return, racial mixing and food & eating
Writers studied range from Jhumpa Lahiri, Bharati Mukherjee, Mohsin Hamid, Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nadeem Aslam
Engages with critics including Susan Koshy, Sukhdev Sandhu, Rajini Srikanth and James Procter
Sources include articles from mainstream British, American and Asian newspapers such as New Statesman, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Hindu
Films studied include Mischief Night, Mississippi Masala, A Love Supreme and Praying with Anger

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION: FRAMING SOUTH ASIAN WRITING IN AMERICA AND BRITAIN, 1970–2010 Open Access Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1 HOME AND NATION IN SOUTH ASIAN ATLANTIC LITERATURE Open Access Download PDF	28
CHAPTER 2 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH ANCESTRAL SPACE: TRAVEL AND RETURN IN TRANSATLANTIC SOUTH ASIAN WRITING Open Access Download PDF	77
CHAPTER 3 BRAVE NEW WORLDS? MISCEGENATION IN SOUTH ASIAN ATLANTIC LITERATURE Open Access Download PDF	119
CHAPTER 4 ‘MANGOES AND COCONUTS AND GRANDMOTHERS’: FOOD IN TRANSATLANTIC SOUTH ASIAN WRITING Open Access Download PDF	163
CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF SOUTH ASIAN ATLANTIC LITERATURE Open Access Download PDF	209
BIBLIOGRAPHY Open Access Download PDF	217
INDEX Open Access Download PDF	247

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: November 30, 2011
ISBN: 9781474423557