New heroines of the diaspora : reading gender identity in South Asian diasporic fiction

New heroines of the diaspora : reading gender identity in South Asian diasporic fiction

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This thesis looks at literature by two South Asian, diasporic writers, Jhumpa Lahiri and Monica Ali, as a space where creative, cross-­cultural and independent identities for diasporic women might be created. The central claim of the thesis is that diasporic migration affects South Asian wome...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banerjee, Lopa
Other Authors: Ryan, P.D.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Diaspora
Gender
England
Food and familiarity
Marriage and love
Immigrant
Women
Cross-­cultural
Agency and identity
South Asian
Working class
Middle class
USA
Trans-border
Homeland
Adopted land
Class
Home and exile
Choice and voice
Community
823.9954
South Asian literature (English)
Gender identity in literature
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
Women immigrants > Fiction
Online Access:Banerjee, Lopa (2011) New heroines of the diaspora : reading gender identity in South Asian diasporic fiction, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4692>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4692

Internet

Banerjee, Lopa (2011) New heroines of the diaspora : reading gender identity in South Asian diasporic fiction, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4692>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4692

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