Title Bridges, borders and bodies : transgressive transculturality in contemporary South Asian diasporic women's novels / by Christine F. Vogt-William

Published Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages) Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES Summary South Asian diasporas can be considered transcultural legacies of colonialism, while constituting transcultural forms of postcolonial reality in today's globalised world. The main focus of investigation here is South Asian women's fiction, where diverse forms of identity negotiation undertaken by the protagonists in a number of contemporary novels (from the 1990s to the early 2000s) are read as transgressions. The themes of early gendered experiences of South Asian indentured labour migratio .. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 15, 2014) Subject South Asian literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism South Asian diaspora in literature -- History English fiction -- South Asian authors -- History and criticism Literary studies: post-colonial literature. Feminism & feminist theory. Gender studies: women. South Asian diaspora in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781443868433 1443868434

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