Recipes and Songs - An Analysis of Cultural Practices from South Asia

This book presents a systematic approach to the literary analysis of cultural practices. Based on a postcolonial framework of diaspora, the book utilizes literary theory to investigate cultural phenomena such as food preparation and song. Razia Parveen explores various diverse themes, including the female voice, genealogy, space, time, and diaspora, and applies them to the analysis of community identity. This volume also demonstrates how a literary analysis of oral texts helps to provide insight into women's lived narratives. For example, Parveen discusses how the notion of the 'third space' creates a distinctly feminine spatiality. 

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Methodology.- 3. Mapping the Matrilineal.- 4. The Dynamics of Nostalgia in the Construction of Diasporic Identity.- 5. Space, Time, and Female Empowerment in Diaspora.- 6. Conclusion. 

About the author

Razia Parveen is an independent researcher affiliated with the University of Huddersfield, UK. Her interests include creative writing, diaspora studies, migration studies, and continental philosophy. 

Summary

This book presents a systematic approach to the literary analysis of cultural practices. Based on a postcolonial framework of diaspora, the book utilizes literary theory to investigate cultural phenomena such as food preparation and song. Razia Parveen explores various diverse themes, including the female voice, genealogy, space, time, and diaspora, and applies them to the analysis of community identity. This volume also demonstrates how a literary analysis of oral texts helps to provide insight into women’s lived narratives. For example, Parveen discusses how the notion of the ‘third space’ creates a distinctly feminine spatiality. 

Product details

• Authors: Razia Parveen
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319502458
• ISBN: 978-3-31-950245-8
• No. of pages: 231
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 218 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 451 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 231 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology; Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology; Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology -
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Gender Studies, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Ethnology, Social Sciences, Gender studies, gender groups, Social Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, British Culture, Ethnology—Europe