Unreliable truths transcultural homeworlds in indian women's fiction of the diaspora - Helff, Sissy (Editions Rodopi, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Homemaking in a Globalized World; PART ONEOF SOCIAL AND IMAGINARY HOMEWORLDS; 1 South Asian Homeworlds, Transnational Alliances; 2 Common Narrative Ground:Transcultural Narrative Unreliability; PART TWO HOMING IN ON UNRELIABLE STORYTELLING; 3 Fictionalizing South Asian Diasporic Homemaking: Farida Karodia's Other Secrets & Shani Mootoo's Cereus Blooms at Night; 4 Growing Up in Transcultural Diasporic Worlds:Suneeta Peres da Costa's Homework, Meera Syal'sAnita and Me, and Shobha Dé's Strange Obsession
5 Transcultural Disillusionments: Oonya Kempadoo's Tide RunningConclusion:South Asian Diasporic Writing and the Transcultural Imaginary; Works Cited; Index
While many people see 'home' as the domestic sphere and place of belonging, it is hard to grasp its manifold implications, and even harder to provide a tidy definition of what it is. Over the past century, discussion of home and nation has been a highly complex matter, with broad political ramifications, including the realignment of nation-states and national boundaries. Against this backdrop, this book suggests that 'home' is constructed on the assumption that what it defines is constantly in flux and thus can never capture an objective perspective, an ultimate truth. Along these lines, Unreli
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literature; South Asian literature (English); Literatur; South Asian literature (English) -- History and criticism; Zuhause -- Motiv; Inderin