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Author Maxey, Ruth.

Title South Asian Atlantic literature, 1970-2010 / Ruth Maxey.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (viii, 256 pages))
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Series Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures
Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-246) and index.
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Contents Introduction: framing South Asian writing in America and Britain, 1970-2010 -- Home and nation in South Asian Atlantic literature -- Close encounters with ancestral space : travel and return in Transatlantic South Asian writing -- Brave new worlds? Miscegenation in South Asian Atlantic literature -- 'Mangoes and cocunuts and grandmothers' : food in Transatlantic South Asian writing -- Conclusion: the future of South Asian Atlantic literature.
Summary 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
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Language Eng.
Subject Universidad Sergio Arboleda
American literature -- South Asian American authors -- History and criticism.
English literature -- South Asian authors -- History and criticism.
Littérature américaine -- Auteurs américains d'origine sud-asiatique -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise -- Auteurs sud-asiatiques -- Histoire et critique.
Biography and True Stories.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Asian -- General.
American literature -- South Asian American authors
English literature -- South Asian authors
Südasiaten
Literatur
Englisch
Großbritannien
Indexed Term Literature
Asian Americans
British Asian
India
Miscegenation
Multiracial
South Asia
White people
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Anthologies.
Other Form: Print version: South Asian Atlantic literature, 1970-2010. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012 9780748641888 (DLC) 2011535928
ISBN 9780748653843 (electronic bk.)
0748653848 (electronic bk.)
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1474423558 (electronic bk.)
9780748641888 (hardback)
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