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Diaspora Poetics and Homing in South Asian Women's Writing - Beyond Trishanku (Hardcover)
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Diaspora Poetics and Homing in South Asian Women's Writing - Beyond Trishanku (Hardcover)
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This anthology of essays, deliberates chiefly on the notion of
locating home through the lens of the mythical idea of Trishanku,
implying in-between space and homing, in diaspora women's
narratives, associated with the South Asian region. The idea of
in-between space has been used differently in various cultures but
gesture prominently on the connotation of 'hanging' between worlds.
Historically, imperialism and the indentured/ 'grimit' system,
triggered dispersal of labourers to the various colonies of the
British. Of course, this was not the only cause of international
migratory processes. The partition of India and Pakistan led to
large scale migration. There was Punjabi migration to Canada.
Several Indians, particularly the Gujaratis travelled to Africa for
business reasons. South Indians travelled to the Gulf for
employment. There were migrations to East Asian countries under the
kangani system. Again, these were not the only reasons. The process
of demographic movement from South Asia, has been complex due to
innumerable push-pull factors. The subsequent generations of
migrants included the twice, thrice (and likewise) displaced
members of the diaspora. Racial denigration and Orientalist
perceptions plagued their lives. They belonged to various
ethnicities and races, inhabited marginalized spaces and strived to
acculturate in the host society. Complete cultural assimilation was
not possible, creating layered and hyphenated identities. These
intricate social processes resulted in amalgamation and
cross-pollination of cultures, inter-racial relationships and
hybridization in all terrains of culture-language, music, fashion,
cuisine and so on. Situated in this matrix was the notion of Home-a
special personal space which an individual could feel as belonging
to, very strongly. Nostalgia, loss of home, culture shock and
interracial encounters problematized this discernment of
belongingness and home. These multifarious themes have been
captured by women writers from the South Asian region and this book
looks at the various aspects related to negotiating home in their
narratives.
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