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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Diasporic Mythography: Myth, Legend and Memory in the Literature of the Indian Diasporadi P M Biswas
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A Diasporic Mythography: Myth, Legend and Memory in the Literature of the Indian Diaspora is a collection of essays on how diasporic Indian authors living in the West use myth and legend to reconnect with India. Looking at works from Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Suniti Namjoshi and Vikram Chandra, the analysis will revolve around three major points: first, that the Indian diaspora is a crucible for myth-making, in which psychology, history and postcolonial politics are inextricably entwined; second, that the nature of diasporic mythography reveals an essential human need to connect to an origin, however mythical it might be; and third, that no connection to an origin is possible without simultaneously revisioning it. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)820.9Literature English English literature in more than one form History, description, critical appraisal of works in more than one formVotoMedia: (4)
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Chapters two and three focus on one book by one author; Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and Shashi Tharoor's The Great Indian Novel. Both essays are interesting reading but neither inspires me to want to read the books.
Chapter four focuses on the body of work of Suniti Namjoshi, who is referenced as the lesbian writer of their era of the Indian Diaspora. I think because this chapter talks more about themes in the work, and less about details, I was significantly more interested. I found this the most interesting chapter of the work.
Chapter five returns to the one book/one author approach, this time a slightly younger writer - Vikram Chandra, and their novel Red Earth and Pouring Rain. Here, I found the description of the book more interested than the first two, but possibly it was the framing of the themes and ideas.
Overall, a very interesting glimpse into a canon I know very little about. (