The English language poetry of South Asians : a critical study / Mitali Pati Wong ; with Syed Khwaja Moinul Hassan.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Wong, Mitali P., 1954-

Contributor:

• Hassan, Syed Khwaja Moinul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• South Asian poetry (English)--History and criticism.
• South Asians in literature.
• South Asian poetry (English).

Physical Description:

vii, 198 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]

Summary:

"Transnational poetics are studied by grouping poets' flexibly according to regions, time periods, literary movements, and poetic methodology. Poetry analysis covers the relevance of historical allusions as well as underlying concerns of gender, ethnicity, and class. Comparisons are offered between poets of different places and time periods, yielding numerous sociopolitical paradigms that surface in the poetry"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Locating South Asian voices : the transnational case for South Asian poetry in English
• The beginnings of the English-language poetry of South Asians : the colonial era in the Indian subcontinent
• Strangers in their own lands : English-language poetry in the Indian subcontinent since 1947
• Transnationalism and hybridity in contemporary Indian poetry
• Hybridity and dislocation : poets of the South Asian diaspora in the United Kingdom and Australia
• Diaspora, dislocation and South Asian poetry in Canada
• Strangers in a strange land :South Asian immigrant poets in the United States
• "But here are the meanings" : the voices of contemporary South Asian American male poets
• "Other" histories : South Asian women poets in North America and the Caribbean
• "Why I'm a poet" : contemporary South Asian women's poetry in the United States
• Coda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780786436224
• 0786436220

OCLC:

795762186