‘Mirza’s theorization of resistance is a substantive addition
to feminist and postcolonial scholarship, and her rich readings of
different literary texts make a valuable contribution to feminist
literary studies.’ Nalini Iyer, Professor of English, Seattle
University 'Resistance and its discontents in South Asian women’s
fiction is a rigorous and impassioned exploration of the concept of
resistance in postcolonial literature. It is an essential
contribution to the field of postcolonial studies and a compelling
excavation of resistance in South Asian women’s writing.' Claire
Chambers, Professor of Global Literature, University of York
'Mirza’s comprehensive take on what counts as “resistance” in
Anglophone fiction by women writers from South Asia and its
diaspora—not just its heroic manifestations but also its limits,
its contradictions, its marginality and even its absence in the
reality of women’s lives—makes this a provocative theoretical
inquiry into female agency. Resistance and its Discontents in South
Asian Women’s Fiction makes a major contribution to postcolonial
criticism as well as feminist theory.' Rajeswari Sunder Rajan,
Formerly Global Distinguished Professor, New York University
‘Maryam Mirza’s new book is sure to become a major work of
reference in the field of South Asian literary studies and of
literature by (and on) women. Its breadth, depth, and level of
detail are astonishing, and it offers a thoroughly new reboot of
the genre of “resistance literature”, by enlarging and
complexifying the semantic reach of the term “resistance”
beyond its current remit within contemporary fictional
narratives.’ Neelam Srivastava, Professor of Postcolonial and
World Literature, Newcastle University This book is an examination
of how English-language fiction by women writers from India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka has grappled with the idea and
practice of resistance. A valuable, original and timely
contribution to the field of South Asian literary and cultural
studies, this book extends and complicates existing debates about
the meanings of resistance. It brings to the fore not only the
emancipatory potential of resistance, but also the contradictions
that it can encompass as well as the anxieties that it can
generate, particularly for women. Focusing on novels and short
fiction, the book explores fiction by Arundhati Roy, Kamila
Shamsie, Tahmima Anam, Jhumpa Lahiri, Manju Kapur and Ru Freeman,
amongst others. -- .
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