TY - BOOK AU - Maxey,Ruth TI - South Asian Atlantic literature, 1970-2010 T2 - Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures SN - 9780748653843 AV - PS508.S67 U1 - 820.900914 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Universidad Sergio Arboleda KW - gnd KW - American literature KW - South Asian American authors KW - History and criticism KW - English literature KW - South Asian authors KW - Littérature américaine KW - Auteurs américains d'origine sud-asiatique KW - Histoire et critique KW - Littérature anglaise KW - Auteurs sud-asiatiques KW - Biography and True Stories KW - bicssc KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY COLLECTIONS KW - Asian KW - General KW - fast KW - Südasiaten KW - Literatur KW - Englisch KW - Großbritannien KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Anthologies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-246) and index; Introduction: framing South Asian writing in America and Britain, 1970-2010 --; Home and nation in South Asian Atlantic literature --; Close encounters with ancestral space : travel and return in Transatlantic South Asian writing --; Brave new worlds? Miscegenation in South Asian Atlantic literature --; 'Mangoes and cocunuts and grandmothers' : food in Transatlantic South Asian writing --; Conclusion: the future of South Asian Atlantic literature N2 - The first major interpretation of recent South Asian diasporic writing in specifically transatlantic terms. Ruth Maxey offers readings of canonical and less well-known South Asian American and British Asian texts and key cinematic works. She explores the formal and thematic tendencies of the works, relating them to gender politics, the marketplace, and issues of literary value and historical change. The book engages with established debates, while intervening in new ways in transatlantic studies, postcolonial literary studies and Asian American cultural studies. Key features. Organised around four key themes: home & nation, travel & return, racial mixing and food & eating Writers studied range from Jhumpa Lahiri, Bharati Mukherjee, Mohsin Hamid, Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nadeem Aslam Engages with critics including Susan Koshy, Sukhdev Sandhu, Rajini Srikanth and James Procter Sources include articles from mainstream British, American and Asian newspapers such as New Statesman, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Hindu Films studied include Mischief Night, Mississippi Masala, A Love Supreme and Praying with Anger UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=459498 ER -