Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - Feminism and Diaspora (Hardcover)

Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Feminism and Diaspora offers insights into Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's provocative and popular fiction. In their engaging and comprehensive introduction, editors Amritjit Singh and Robin Field explore how Divakaruni's short stories and novels have been shaped by her own struggles as a new immigrant and by the influences she imbibed from academic mentors and feminist writers of color. Twelve critical essays by both aspiring and experienced scholars explore Divakaruni's aesthetic of interconnectivity and wholeness as she links generations, races, ethnicities, and nations in her depictions of the diversity of religious and ethnic affiliations within the Indian diaspora. The editors offer a range of critical perspectives on Divakaruni's growth as a novelist of historical, mythic, and political motifs. The volume includes two extended interviews with Divakaruni, offering insights into her personal inspirations and social concerns, while also revealing her deep affection for South Asian communities, as well as an essay by Divakaruni herself-a candid expression of her artistic independence in response to the didactic expectations of her many South Asian readers.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2022
Editors:	Amritjit Singh • Robin E. Field • Samina Najmi
Contributors:	S M Assella • Elise Auvil • Payel Basu • Chitra Divakaruni • Robin E. Field • Atreyee Gohain • Nalini Iyer
Dimensions:	228 x 161 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-5617-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4985-5617-5
Barcode:	9781498556170

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