- 280 pages
- English
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Narrative Performances of Mothering in South Asian Diasporic Fiction
About this book
Examining a range of South Asian Anglophone diasporic fiction and poetry, this monograph opens a new dialogue between diaspora studies and gender studies. It shows how discourses of diaspora benefit from re-examining their own critical relation to concepts of the maternal and the motherland. Rather than considering maternity as a fixed or naturally given category, it challenges essentialist conceptions and explores mothering as a performative practice which actively produces discursive meaning. This innovative approach also involves an investigation of central metaphors in nationalist and diasporic rhetorics, bringing critical attention to the strategies they employ and the unique aesthetic forms they produce.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: More than one mother
- 2 Historical performances: Reading Mother India in nationalist discourse and Kipling
- 3 Citational performances: âTalking major mother countryâ in Rushdieâs Midnightâs Children
- 4 Exile performances: Pakistani motherâdaughter relationships in Bapsi Sidhwaâs Cracking India and Sara Suleriâs Meatless Days
- 5 Maternal performances: Mother tongues in Ravinder Randhawaâs A Wicked Old Woman and Monica Aliâs Brick Lane
- 6 Outlook and conclusion: Diasporic maternal aesthetics
- Works cited
- Index