02654nam 2200589 450 991078716100332120230803205424.01-4438-6843-4(CKB)3710000000250900(EBL)1810284(SSID)ssj0001400153(PQKBManifestationID)11808866(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001400153(PQKBWorkID)11457834(PQKB)10074848(MiAaPQ)EBC1810284(Au-PeEL)EBL1810284(CaPaEBR)ebr10949407(CaONFJC)MIL649319(OCoLC)892799117(EXLCZ)99371000000025090020141016h20142014 uy 1finurcnu||||||||txtccrBridges, borders and bodies transgressive transculturality in contemporary South Asian diasporic women's novels /by Christine F. Vogt-WilliamNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2014.©20141 online resource (299 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-18055-5 1-4438-6045-X Includes bibliographical references.TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTESSouth 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 1990's to the early 2000's) are read as transgressions. The themes of early gendered experiences of South Asian indentured labour migrationSouth Asian literature (English)Women authorsHistory and criticismSouth Asian diaspora in literatureHistoryEnglish fictionSouth Asian authorsHistory and criticismSouth Asian literature (English)Women authorsHistory and criticism.South Asian diaspora in literatureHistory.English fictionSouth Asian authorsHistory and criticism.820.9954Vogt-William Christine F.1143984MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787161003321Bridges, borders and bodies3693723UNINA