{"product_id":"mapping-south-asian-diaspora-recent-responses-and-ruminations","title":"MAPPING SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA: Recent Responses and Ruminations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rawat Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditors\u003c\/strong\u003e: Ajay K. Chaubey and Asis De\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9788131609019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 320\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology represents a significant academic contribution to the expanding field of diaspora criticism, exploring the complexities and evolving trends within South Asian diasporic literature. The book presents critical essays from scholars across India and abroad, who have rigorously examined the works of both young and established South Asian writers. These essays engage with a range of literary theories, offering in-depth analyses of diasporic overtones, inter-ethnic relations, dislocation, and the merging of physical and mental boundaries in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into four sections. \u003cstrong\u003eSection A\u003c\/strong\u003e offers new insights into the South Asian diaspora, including a conversation with Vijay Mishra. \u003cstrong\u003eSection B\u003c\/strong\u003e delves into South Asian diasporic literatures, focusing on themes such as inter-ethnic relations, the complexities of borders, and the sense of home and belonging in the works of writers like Amitav Ghosh, Salman Rushdie, and Hanif Kureishi. \u003cstrong\u003eSection C\u003c\/strong\u003e features conversations and discussions with well-known writers and critics, offering readers a deeper understanding of the evolving discourse in diaspora studies. Finally, \u003cstrong\u003eSection D\u003c\/strong\u003e provides interdisciplinary responses to the diaspora, exploring the experiences of Nepali migrants, Bhutanese refugees, and other diasporic communities in various global contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume serves as an essential tool for anyone studying the dynamics of diaspora, transnationalism, and postcolonial identity, and it aims to promote a more holistic understanding of the phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection A: Diaspora in Flux: Newer Insights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransforming Continuum of South Asian Diaspora: In Conversation with Vijay Mishra \/ Asis De\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection B: Considering Diasporic Literatures of South Asia: Texts and Contexts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Diaspora? Whither Diaspora?: Some Random Questions, Answers and Ruminations \/ Somdatta Mandal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouth Asians in North America: Inter-Ethnic Reflections for the New Millennium \/ Amritjit Singh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMentally Disturbed, Physically Unseen: The ‘Secret’ Lives of British Asians in Fiction and Autobiography \/ Nilakshi Roy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf Forgotten Remembrances: Memories of the Passive Bangalee Bhadrolok: A Study of Dislocation in \u003cem\u003eBlack Ice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Lines\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Good Muslim\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Aatreyee Ghosh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterrogating Borders in Amitav Ghosh’s \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Lines\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Hungry Tide\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Sharmistha De Dutta\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrossing Boundaries in a Postcolonial Context: A Tale of Two Characters in Vikram Chandra’s \u003cem\u003eRed Earth and Pouring Rain\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Sulagna Mohanty and Amrita Satapathy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePositional Shifts in Postcolonial Literature: Comparison of Salman Rushdie and Rohinton Mistry’s Select Fiction \/ Ajay Verma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistories of Post-Diaspora: Neocultural Prototyping in Hanif Kureishi’s \u003cem\u003eThe Buddha of Suburbia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Black Album\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Subashish Bhattacharjee and G.N. Roy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf Diaspora and Native Literatures: Reading Benyamin’s \u003cem\u003eGoat Days\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Rositta Joseph Valiyamattam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Ondaatje’s \u003cem\u003eThe Cat’s Table\u003c\/em\u003e: A Study of Diasporic Overtones \/ Arifa Yesmin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHome No\/w\/here: A Study of Diasporic Dilemma in Khaled Hosseini’s \u003cem\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Raj Gaurav Verma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection C: Conversations and Discussions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Conversations with Writers: Tabish Khair in Conversation with Ajay K. Chaubey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Conversations with Writers: M.G. Vassanji in Conversation with Murali Kamma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Discussions with Critics: Somdatta Mandal, Makarand Paranjape, and Manjit Inder Singh in Discussion with Ajay K. Chaubey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection D: South Asian Diaspora: Interdisciplinary Responses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. One Nation, Two Diasporas: Nepali Migrants and Bhutanese Refugees in the United States \/ Lopita Nath\u003cbr\u003e13. Reconfiguring ‘Asian Australian’ Writing: Australia, India, and Inez Baranay \/ Paul Sharrad\u003cbr\u003e14. The Bhutanese Diaspora: A View on History \/ Alice Anna Verheij\u003cbr\u003e15. Searching for Home: Explorations in New Media and the Burmese Diaspora in New Zealand \/ Violet Cho\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author \/ Editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAjay K. Chaubey\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Assistant Professor (English) at the Department of Sciences \u0026amp; Humanities, National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand. His published works include \u003cem\u003eSouth Asian Diasporic Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eV.S. Naipaul\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written extensively in journals and anthologies of national and international repute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAsis De\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor of English and Head, Department of English Language and Literature at Mahishadal Raj College, West Bengal. 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