Transcultural encounters in South-Asian American women's fiction : Anita Desai, Kiran Desai and Jhumpa Lahiri / Adriana Elena Stoican.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoican, Adriana Elena, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--South Asian American authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--Women author--History and criticism.

Asian American women in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

This book offers captivating insights into the interaction between the Indian and the American cultural worlds. A fascinating work of research, it illustrates an extraordinary capacity to employ the details of literary texts as significant clues in understanding the configuration of transcultural identities. The book constructs an exciting dialogue between complex theoretical notions and the vibrant fictional worlds populated by Indian, American and European characters. Its original and multi-layered approach illustrates how complex theories of culture can help the reader understand contempora

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8357-3

OCLC:

925302988