Vijay Mishra

The Literature of the Indian Diaspora

Theorizing the Diasporic Imaginary

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the work of key writers from across the globe, this significant contribution to diaspora theory constitutes a major study of the literature and other cultural texts of the Indian diaspora.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 162mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780415424172
• ISBN-10: 0415424178
• Artikelnr.: 22528467

Autorenporträt

Vijay Mishra

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Prologue 'That Time is Past'. Introduction: The Diasporic
Imaginary 1. The Girmit Ideology 2. Indenture and Diaspora Poetics 3.
Traumatic Memory, Mourning and V.S. Naipaul 4. Diaspora and the
Multicultural State 5. The Law of the Hyphen and the Post-Colonial
Condition 6. Diasporic Narratives of Salman Rushdie Epilogue The Subaltern
Speaks. Works Cited