Narrative Performances of Mothering in South Asian Diasporic Fiction

Examining a range of South Asian Anglophone diasporic novels and poetry, this monograph opens a new dialogue between diaspora studies and gender studies, arguing that discourses of diaspora benefit from re-examining their own critical relation to concepts of the maternal and the motherland.

Summary

Examining a range of South Asian Anglophone diasporic novels and poetry, this monograph opens a new dialogue between diaspora studies and gender studies, arguing that discourses of diaspora benefit from re-examining their own critical relation to concepts of the maternal and the motherland.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Knor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032420479
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242047-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Cultural Studies, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Humanities, Feminism & feminist theory, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Feminism and feminist theory, Regional Geography, Literary studies: postcolonial literature