Reading cultural representations of the double diaspora : Britain, East Africa, Gujarat / Maya Parmar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parmar, Maya, author.

Contributor:

Singh Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gujarati diaspora.

Gujaratis (Indic people)--Migrations.

Gujaratis (Indic people).

Physical Description:

xv, 215 pages : illustrations (some color

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reading Cultural Represenations of the Double Diaspora: Britain, East Africa, Gujarat is the first detailed study of the cultural life and representations of the prolific twice-displaced Gujarati East African diaspora in contemporary Britain. An exceptional community of people, this diaspora is disproportionally successful and influential in resettlement, both in East Africa and Britain. Often showcased as an example of migrant achievement, thier accomplishments are paradoxically underpinned by legacies of trauma and deracination. The diaspora, despite its economic success and considerable upward social mobility in Britain, has until now been overlooked within critical literary and postcolonial studies for a number of reasons. This book attends to that gap. Parmar uniquely investigates what it is to be not just from India, but too Africa--how identity forms within, as the study coins, the "double diaspora". Parmar focuses on cultural representation post-twice migration, via an interdisciplinary methodology, offering new contributions to debates within diaspora studies. In doing so, the book examines a range of cultures produced amongst, or about, the diaspora, including literary representations, culinary, dance and sartorial practices, as well as visual materials--back cover.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Gastropoetics of The Settler's Cookbook: Diasporic Trauma and Embodied Narratives

3. The Performing Body of Navratri: Dancing Dandiya, Dressing to Impress

4. Picturing the Modern Self: Vernacular Modernity and Temporal Synchronicity

5. Conclusion

6. Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Singh Family Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783030180829

9783030180836

3030180832

OCLC:

1090471955

Publisher Number:

99982343840