Writing imagined diasporas : South Asian women reshaping North American identity

Writing imagined diasporas : South Asian women reshaping North American identity / by Joel Kuortti.

Joel Kuortti's Writing Imagined Diasporas: South Asian Women Reshaping North American Identity is a study of diasporic South Asian women writers. It argues that the diasporic South Asians are not merely assimilating to their host cultures but they are also actively reshaping them through their...

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Main Author: Kuortti, Joel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.
Subjects:
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > South Asian American authors > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > South Asian American authors
American literature > Women authors
Ethnicity in literature
Women in literature
Diaspora > Religion
Ethnische Identität
Literatur
Südasiatin
Diaspora.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:Joel Kuortti's Writing Imagined Diasporas: South Asian Women Reshaping North American Identity is a study of diasporic South Asian women writers. It argues that the diasporic South Asians are not merely assimilating to their host cultures but they are also actively reshaping them through their own, new voices bringing new definitions of identity. As diaspora does not emerge as a mere sociological fact but it becomes what it is because it is said to be what it is, the writings of imagined dias ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 193 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-190) and index.
ISBN:9781847183422
1847183425
9781443810173
1443810177
1282413473
9781282413474
9786612413476
6612413476
Language:English.

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