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Naming Jhumpa Lahiri : canons and controversies / edited by Lavina Dhingra and Floyd Cheung.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lahiri, Jhumpa--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lahiri, Jhumpa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of nine essays by scholars in the fields of postcolonial, Asian American, and other literary studies explains why categorizing the best-selling, award-winning work of Jhumpa Lahiri as either universally "great" and/or ethnically specific matters, to whom, and how paying attention to these questions can deepen students', general readers', and academic scholars' appreciation for the politics surrounding Lahiri's works and understanding of the literary texts themselves.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The ethnic, the orientalist, and/or the universal?
- pt. 2. Consuming diaspora : audience and imaginary/intimate communities
- pt. 3. Gendered ruptures and familial belongings.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-43284-6
- 9786613432841
- 0-7391-6998-X
- OCLC:
- 772845780
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