1st Edition
Writing Diaspora South Asian Women, Culture and Ethnicity
By Yasmin Hussain
Copyright 2005
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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Issues of cultural hybridity, diaspora and identity are central to debates on ethnicity and race and, over the past decade, have framed many theoretical debates in sociology, cultural studies and literary studies. However, these ideas are all too often considered at a purely theoretical level. In this book Yasmin Hussain uses these ideas to explore cultural production by British South Asian... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Identity and gender across generations of British South Asians; Black British feminism and the birth of South Asian women’s writing; The new woman in South Asian and diasporic literature; Bhaji on the Beach and Bend It Like Beckham: Gurinder Chadha and the ’Desification’ of British cinema; Brick Lane: gender and migration; Childhood in Anita and Me; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Yasmin Hussain is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds, UK.
’...makes for interesting reading and has a lot to offer those interested in issues of diaspora, film and literature...well worth reading.’ Sociology
