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Words from India in the West : A Critical Approach to Select Writings by the Diasporic Indian Litterateurs.

Pinaki, Roy.

Words from India in the West : A Critical Approach to Select Writings by the Diasporic Indian Litterateurs. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (319 pages)

Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Editor's Introduction -- Re-Structuring the Diaspora Imaginary: A Critique -- Theorising Indian Diasporic Writings: A Brief Reflection -- Carving out Niches for Themselves: An Overview of Select Indian Novelists of the Diaspora -- Coolie Diaspora: A Trans-Oceanic Border Crossing -- Portrait of India in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Fictional World -- 'The Forgotten Voices': Indian Indentured Women in Select Diasporic Novels -- Curry Nation/Carry Nation: Indian Diasporic Cuisine -- A Historical Understanding of the National Mores: The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian -- Home and Memory in the Cross-Border-Musings of Indian Diaspora: A Poetic Survey -- Poetics of Denial: Negotiating the Performative in Contemporary English Poetry by Diasporic Indian Women Poets -- Raising The Curtain of Indian Diasporic Theatre: An Insightful Overview -- The Indian Diaspora and the Short Story: Critical Reflections on Jhumpa Lahiri -- Cultural Encounters and Feminine Identities: A Re-Reading of Short-Stories by Select Indian Diasporic Writers -- From Text to Screen: Searching for the Roots of the Indian Diaspora in Select Films -- Mathematics, Motherhood and Migrations: Gyno-Film and Diaspora in Shakuntala Devi -- About the Contributors.

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Comparative literature.


Electronic books.

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