Contemporary Diasporic South Asian Women's Fiction : Gender, Narration and Globalisation / / by Ruvani Ranasinha
| Contemporary Diasporic South Asian Women's Fiction : Gender, Narration and Globalisation / / by Ruvani Ranasinha |
| Autore | Ranasinha Ruvani |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature
Literature, Modern - 20th century Literature, Modern - 21st century Oriental literature Fiction World Literature Contemporary Literature Asian Literature Twentieth-Century Literature Fiction Literature |
| ISBN |
9781137403056
1137403055 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Globalisation, labour, narrative and representation in Arundhati Roy, Monica Ali and Kiran Desai -- 2. War, violence and memory: gendered national imaginaries in Tahmima Anam, Sorayya Khan and contemporary Sri Lankan women writers -- 3. Resistance and religion: gender, Islam and agency in Kamila Shamsie, Tahmima Anam, Monica Ali and Ameena Hussein -- 4. Migration, gender and globalisation in Jhumpa Lahiri -- 5. Women writing postcolonial cities: Jhumpa Lahiri, Kamila Shamsie and Tahmima Anam -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index.-. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255245003321 |
Ranasinha Ruvani
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| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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South Asian writers in twentieth-century Britain [[electronic resource] ] : culture in translation / / Ruvani Ranasinha
| South Asian writers in twentieth-century Britain [[electronic resource] ] : culture in translation / / Ruvani Ranasinha |
| Autore | Ranasinha Ruvani |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.989140410904 |
| Collana | Oxford English monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - South Asian authors - History and criticism
English literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-14905-5
9786611149055 1-4294-7029-1 0-19-152591-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1. Shifting Conditions: The Changing Markets for South Asian Writing in Britain during the Twentieth Century; 2. Self-translation as Self-promotion: I: Nirad C. Chaudhuri; 2. Self-translation as Self-promotion: II: M. J. Tambimuttu; 3. Assimilation and Resistance: Kamala Markandaya and A. Sivanandan; 4. Writing Back, Re-writing Britain: Farrukh Dhondy and Salman Rushdie; 5. Staging Cultural Difference: Cultural Translation and the Politics of Representation: Hanif Kureishi and Meera Syal; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465651903321 |
Ranasinha Ruvani
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| Oxford, : Clarendon, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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South Asian writers in twentieth-century Britain [[electronic resource] ] : culture in translation / / Ruvani Ranasinha
| South Asian writers in twentieth-century Britain [[electronic resource] ] : culture in translation / / Ruvani Ranasinha |
| Autore | Ranasinha Ruvani |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.989140410904 |
| Collana | Oxford English monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - South Asian authors - History and criticism
English literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-281-14905-5
9786611149055 1-4294-7029-1 0-19-152591-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1. Shifting Conditions: The Changing Markets for South Asian Writing in Britain during the Twentieth Century; 2. Self-translation as Self-promotion: I: Nirad C. Chaudhuri; 2. Self-translation as Self-promotion: II: M. J. Tambimuttu; 3. Assimilation and Resistance: Kamala Markandaya and A. Sivanandan; 4. Writing Back, Re-writing Britain: Farrukh Dhondy and Salman Rushdie; 5. Staging Cultural Difference: Cultural Translation and the Politics of Representation: Hanif Kureishi and Meera Syal; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792227303321 |
Ranasinha Ruvani
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| Oxford, : Clarendon, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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