South Asian Diaspora Narratives: Roots and Routes - Couverture rigide

Sarwal, Amit

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9811036284 ISBN 13 : 9789811036286

Editeur : Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2017

Synopsis

This book analyses the metaphysical and poetical notions and the processes of 'rooting into a culture' and 'routing out of a culture' in the context of South Asian diaspora in Australia. These diasporic narratives are often characterised by bifurcated and dislocated identities that exist in a liminal space, in-between two identities, two cultures, and two histories. Yet, 'home' remains, through acts of imagination, remembering and re-creation, an important reference point. The author argues that a clearer notion of politics of location is required to distinguish between the different kinds of 'dislocation' the immigrants suffer, both psychologically and sociologically. The diaspora is Australia is an under-studied topic, and this book fills a lacuna in South Asian diaspora studies by analysing and calling upon a wide range of works in this field from historical, anthropological, sociological, cultural, and literary studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Amit Sarwal is a Producer at SBS Hindi Radio in Melbourne, Australia. He is also an Honorary Associate Professor of RMIT University and the Founding Convenor of Australia-India Interdisciplinary Research Network (AIIRN). He was a postdoctoral fellow at Deakin University and has also taught as Assistant Professor at the University of Delhi. He has many books to his credit, prominent being: Salaam Bollywood (Routledge, 2016), Labels and Locations (CSP, 2015), Bollywood and its Other(s) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), and Wanderings in India (Monash University Press, 2012).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Verlag, Singapore
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9811036284
• ISBN 13: 9789811036286
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 197
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