Writing diaspora

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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 women including Monica Ali, Meera Syal and Gurinder Chadha. Hussain provides a sociological analysis of the contexts and experiences of the British South Asian community, discussing key concerns that emerge within the work of this new generation of women writers and which express more widespread debates within the community. In particular these authors address issues of individual and group identity and the ways in which these are inflected by ethnicity and gender."--Jacket.

subjects: Emigration and immigration in literature,  English literature,  Ethnicity in literature,  History,  History and criticism,  Immigrants in literature,  In literature,  Intellectual life,  Motion pictures,  South Asian authors,  South Asians,  South Asians in literature,  South Asians in mass media,  Women,  Women and literature,  Women authors,  Women, asia,  Women, social conditions,  Culture in motion pictures,  Littérature anglaise,  Auteurs sud-asiatiques,  Histoire et critique,  Écrits de femmes anglais,  Cinéma,  Histoire,  Femmes,  Vie intellectuelle,  Émigration et immigration dans la littérature,  Femmes et littérature,  Dans la littérature,  Sud-Asiatiques dans la littérature,  Sud-Asiatiques dans les médias,  Immigrants dans la littérature,  Ethnicité dans la littérature,  Culture au cinéma,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Literature

Places: Great Britain,  Southeast Asia