Non-Conforming Women in Neoliberal Cities - Re-Thinking Empowerment in Contemporary Diaspora Fiction and Film

This book investigates the complex role space and movement play in the representation of South Asian diasporic communities in contemporary diaspora literature and films, the question of female empowerment in neoliberal Western cities, and the impact of trauma on female identities.

List of contents

Introduction: Mapping Identities: South Asian Diasporic Women and Empowerment 1. Neoliberal Cities as Sites of Female Empowerment 2. "Places and Spaces": Transformative Perspectives in Diasporic Narratives 3. Intersectionality and Its Impact on Identity Formation: A Comparative Analysis of South Asian Diasporic Female Characters 4. "Home and Homelessness": Nostalgia and the Impact of Culinary Arts on Female Identity 5. Trauma and Healing: The Journeys of Diasporic Women as an Escape Mechanism Conclusion (and beyond)

About the author

Shrimoyee Chattopadhyay has completed her PhD at the Doctoral School of Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Debrecen, Hungary, under the prestigious Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship programme. She does research in contemporary South Asian diasporic fiction and film, but her interests include gender studies, food culture, memory, and trauma studies. She has been awarded the Bangabidya Young Scholar Award (2022).

Product details

• Authors: Shrimoyee Chattopadhyay
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9781041038818
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4103881-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Humanities, Feminism & feminist theory, Regional Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General