Mythologies of Migration, Vocabularies of Indenture - Novels of South Asian Diaspora in Africa, Caribbean, Asia Pacific

Pirbhai uses the critical paradigm of 'indenture history' to examine the local literary and cultural histories that have influenced and shaped the development of novel-length fiction by writers of the South Asian diaspora in national contexts as diverse as Mauritius, South Africa, Guyana, and Fiji.

Info autore

Mariam Pirbhai is an assistant professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Riassunto

Pirbhai uses the critical paradigm of 'indenture history' to examine the local literary and cultural histories that have influenced and shaped the development of novel-length fiction by writers of the South Asian diaspora in national contexts as diverse as Mauritius, South Africa, Guyana, and Fiji.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mariam Pirbhai, Mariam Pirbhal
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.09.2009
• EAN: 9780802099648
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-9964-8
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945)