LEADER 02781nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910827276503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-41347-3 010 $a9786612413476 010 $a1-4438-1017-7 035 $a(CKB)3390000000008853 035 $a(EBL)1133175 035 $a(OCoLC)830167621 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000445078 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11305217 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000445078 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10481335 035 $a(PQKB)10500706 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1133175 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1133175 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676960 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL241347 035 $a(OCoLC)929646144 035 $a(FlNmELB)ELB125788 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000008853 100 $a20080507d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting imagined diasporas $eSouth Asian women reshaping North American identity /$fby Joel Kuortti 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNewcastle, UK $cCambridge Scholars Pub.$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (203 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84718-342-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-190) and index. 327 $aTABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES 330 $aJoel 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... 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen in literature 606 $aAmerican literature$xSouth Asian American authors$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xSouth Asian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a810.99287 700 $aKuortti$b Joel$0223699 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827276503321 996 $aWriting imagined diasporas$93981097 997 $aUNINA