Words from India in the West: A Critical Approach to Select Writings by the Diasporic Indian Litterateurs

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• Publisher: ibidem
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9783838277189
• Edition: 0

This edited volume critically assesses different aspects of five literary genres – novels, poetry, short-stories, drama, and non-fictional prose – contributed to by the Indian diasporic writers settled principally in North America and Europe. Films made by or on members of the Indian diaspora have been also checked out. The predominant approach in the anthology is not only a feminist one, although special emphasis is given on assessing the writings by females. The emphasis of the anthology is on: (a) critical analyses of themes, styles, diction, and relevance of the writings; (b) assessment of the research potentialities of these writings; (c) examining how literary theories could be used for explaining and assessing the writings; (d) proper contextualization of the writings; and (e) finding out the historical roots and suggesting the future 'prospects' of such writings. The essays included in the book re-read Indian diasporic writings for their appreciable points as well as those which need development. The collection fills in lacuna of critical approaches to Indian diasporic writings presently available in the market. In fact, there is scarcely any book presently available that covers critical approaches to all the five literary genres of Indian diasporic writings.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• The Editor’s Introduction
• Re-Structuring the Diaspora Imaginary A Critique
• Theorising Indian Diasporic Writings A Brief Reflection
• Carving out Niches for Themselves An Overview of Select Indian Novelists of the Diaspora
• Coolie Diaspora A Trans-Oceanic Border Crossing
• Portrait of India in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Fictional World
• ‘The Forgotten Voices’ Indian Indentured Women in Select Diasporic Novels
• Curry Nation/Carry Nation Indian Diasporic Cuisine
• A Historical Understanding of the National Mores The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
• Home and Memory in the Cross-Border-Musings of Indian Diaspora A Poetic Survey
• Poetics of Denial Negotiating the Performative in Contemporary English Poetry by Diasporic Indian Women Poets
• Raising The Curtain of Indian Diasporic Theatre An Insightful Overview
• The Indian Diaspora and the Short Story Critical Reflections on Jhumpa Lahiri
• Cultural Encounters and Feminine Identities A Re-Reading of Short-Stories by Select Indian Diasporic Writers
• From Text to Screen Searching for the Roots of the Indian Diaspora in Select Films
• Mathematics, Motherhood and Migrations Gyno-Film and Diaspora in Shakuntala Devi
• About the Contributors