Tamarind Mem

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Tamarind Mem

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Author : Anita Rau Badami
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Release Date : 2010-01-29

Tamarind Mem written by Anita Rau Badami and has been published by Vintage Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-29 with Fiction categories.

A beautiful and brilliant portrait of two generations of women. Set in India’s railway colonies, this is the story of Kamini and her mother Saroja, nicknamed Tamarind Mem due to her sour tongue. While in Canada beginning her graduate studies, Kamini receives a postcard from her mother saying she has sold their home and is travelling through India. Both are forced into the past to confront their dreams and losses and to explore the love that binds mothers and daughters everywhere.

The Fiction Of South Asians In North America And The Caribbean

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Author : Mitali P. Wong
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2010-06-28

The Fiction Of South Asians In North America And The Caribbean written by Mitali P. Wong and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-28 with Literary Criticism categories.

This study establishes connections between the themes and methodologies of writers within the South Asian diaspora in the New World, and serves both serious analysts as well as beginning readers of South Asian fiction. It is an impartial study that analyzes the stylistic excellence of South Asian fiction and the clearly emergent motifs of the writers, recognizing the value of the interplay of cultural differences and the need for resolution of those differences. The book begins with a discussion of the works of Indo-Caribbean novelists Samuel Selvon and V.S. Naipaul, author of A House for Mr. Biswas and The Enigma of Arrival, thereby establishing parallels between the immigration patterns of the South Asian diaspora who first emigrated to the Caribbean long before significant numbers of South Asians came to the United States. Next, the fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Heat and Dust), the non-fictional narratives of Ved Mehta (Face to Face), and the satire and social criticism of Bharati Mukherjee (Wife) and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Sister of My Heart) are discussed. New literary voices such as those of Bapsi Sidhwa (An American Brat), Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, whose characters, plots and themes deal with universal human experiences, Akhil Sharma, Manil Suri and Samrat Upadhyay are studied for the new directions and new methods they offer. A sub-genre of young adult fiction is discovered in the novels of Dhan Gopal Mukerji, such as in his Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon, and more recently in the works of Mitali Perkins and Indi Rana. Recent expatriate novelists from South Asia such as Anita Desai, Amitav Chosh, Vikram Chandra and the American editions of Vikram Seth's novels are appraised together with contemporary Indo-Canadian novelists and Indo-Caribbean novelists resident in Canada.

Tell It To The Trees

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Author : Anita Rau Badami
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Release Date : 2011-09-20

Tell It To The Trees written by Anita Rau Badami and has been published by Knopf Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-20 with Fiction categories.

One freezing winter morning a dead body is found in the backyard of the Dharma family’s house. It’s the body of Anu Krishnan. For Anu, a writer seeking a secluded retreat from the city, the Dharmas’ “back-house” in the sleepy mountain town of Merrit’s Point was the ideal spot to take a year off and begin writing. She had found the Dharmas’ rental through a happy coincidence. A friend from university who had kept tabs on everyone in their graduating year – including the quiet and reserved Vikram Dharma and his first wife, Helen – sent her the listing. Anu vaguely remembered Vikram but had a strong recollection of Helen, a beautiful, vivacious, social and charming woman. But now Vikram had a new wife, a marriage hastily arranged in India after Helen was killed in a car accident. Suman Dharma, a stark contrast to Helen, is quiet and timid. She arrived from the bustling warmth of India full of the promise of her new life – a new home, a new country and a daughter from Vikram’s first marriage. But her husband’s suspicious, controlling and angry tirades become almost a daily ritual, resigning Suman to a desolate future entangled in a marriage of fear and despair. Suman is isolated both by the landscape and the culture, and her fortunes begin to change only when Anu arrives. A friendship begins to form between the two women as Anu becomes a frequent visitor to the house. While the children, Varsha and Hemant, are at school, Anu, Vikram’s mother, Akka, and Suman spend time sharing tea and stories. But Anu’s arrival will change the balance of the Dharma household. Young Varsha, deeply affected by her mother’s death and desperate to keep her new family together, becomes increasingly suspicious of Anu’s relationship with her stepmother. Varsha’s singular attention to keeping her family together, and the secrets that emerge as Anu and Suman become friends, create cracks in the Dharma family that can only spell certain disaster.

Is Canada Postcolonial

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Author : Laura Moss
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2009-08-01

Is Canada Postcolonial written by Laura Moss and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Literary Criticism categories.

How can postcolonialism be applied to Canadian literature? In all that has been written about postcolonialism, surprisingly little has specifically addressed the position of Canada, Canadian literature, or Canadian culture. Postcolonialism is a theory that has gained credence throughout the world; it is be productive to ask if and how we, as Canadians, participate in postcolonial debates. It is also vital to examine the ways in which Canada and Canadian culture fit into global discussions as our culture reflects how we interact with our neighbours, allies, and adversaries. This collection wrestles with the problems of situating Canadian literature in the ongoing debates about culture, identity, and globalization, and of applying the slippery term of postcolonialism to Canadian literature. The topics range in focus from discussions of specific literary works to general theoretical contemplations. The twenty-three articles in this collection grapple with the recurrent issues of postcolonialism — including hybridity, collaboration, marginality, power, resistance, and historical revisionism — from the vantage point of those working within Canada as writers and critics. While some seek to confirm the legitimacy of including Canadian literature in the discussions of postcolonialism, others challenge this very notion.

China Fictions English Language

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Author : A. Robert Lee
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2008

China Fictions English Language written by A. Robert Lee and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.

The world is anything but unfamiliar with diaspora: Jewish, African, Armenian, Roma-Gipsy, Filipino/a, Tamil, Irish or Italian, even Japanese. But few have carried so global a resonance as that of China. What, then, of literary-cultural expression, the huge body of fiction which has addressed itself to that plurality of lives and geographies and which has come to be known as "After China"? This collection of essays offers bearings on those written in English, and in which both memory and story are central, spanning the USA to Australia, Canada to the UK, Hong Kong to Singapore, with yet others of more transnational nature. This collection opens with a reprise of woman-authored Chinese American fiction using Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan as departure points. In turn follow readings of the oeuvres of Tan and Frank Chin. A comparative essay takes up novels by Canadian, American and Australian authors from the perspective of migrancy as fracture. Chinese Canada comes into view in accounts of SKY Lee, Wayson Choy, Evelyn Lau and Larissa Lai. Australia under Chinese literary auspices is given a comparative mapping through the fiction of Brian Castro and Ouyang Yu. The English language "China fiction" of Singapore and Hong Kong is located in essays centred, respectively, on Martin Booth and Po Wah Lam, and Hwee Hwee Tan and Colin Cheong. The collection rounds out with portraits of Timothy Mo as British transnational author, a selection of contextual Chinese British stories and art, and the phenomenon of "Chinese Chick Lit" novels. China Fictions/English Language will be of interest to readers drawn both to "After China" as diasporic literary heritage and comparative literature in general.

Questioning Empowerment

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Author : Jo Rowlands
language : en
Publisher: Oxfam
Release Date : 1997-01-01

Questioning Empowerment written by Jo Rowlands and has been published by Oxfam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Social Science categories.

Focusing on the term empowerment this book examines the various meanings given to the concept of empowerment and the many ways power can be expressed - in personal relationships and in wider social interactions.

Tamarind Woman

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Author : Anita Rau Badami
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2004-03-02

Tamarind Woman written by Anita Rau Badami and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-02 with Fiction categories.

Growing up in India, Kamini often found herself struggling to be noticed: noticed by her beloved, storytelling father, whose position as a railway officer took him away from home for long stretches of time; and noticed by her distant, distracted mother, Saroja, whose biting remarks earned her the nickname Tamarind Woman—and whose frequent disappearances while her husband was away led to whispers of dalliances and affairs. Now Kamini is grown, living in Canada in a sort of self-imposed exile from her eccentric family and all the turmoil they represent. After her father’s death, her mother embarks upon a solo journey across India by train— because what is the use of a lifetime railway pass if she doesn’t use it? The trip brings the past rushing back for Saroja and Kamini—as both are forced to confront their dreams, disappointments, and long-guarded secrets.

The Sari Shop

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Author : Rupa Bajwa
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2004

The Sari Shop written by Rupa Bajwa and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Amritsar (India) categories.

A Gem Of A Novel About The Stuff Life'S Made Of It Is Another Working Day In Amritsar, And Ramchand Is Late Again. He Runs Through The Narrow Streets To Sevak Sari House, Buried In The Heart Of One Of The City'S Main Bazaars. There, Amongst The Bangladesh Cottons And Benaras Silks, Ramchand And His Fellow Shop Assistants Sit All Day, Patiently Rolling And Unrolling Yards Of Coloured Fabric. Then, One Afternoon, Ramchand Is Sent To A New Part Of The City With A Bundle Of Saris Carefully Selected For A Trousseau. His Trip To Kapoor House Jolts Him Out Of The Rhythm Of His Daily Routine And His Glimpse Into This Different World Charges Him With An Urgent Sense Of Possibility. And So, Armed With A Second-Hand English Grammar Book And A Battered Oxford Dictionary, A Fresh Pair Of Socks And A Bar Of Lifebuoy Soap, Ramchand Attempts To Realize The Dream That His Childhood Had Promised. But Soon These Efforts Turn His Life Upside Down, Bringing Him Face To Face With The Cruel Reality Of His Very Existence. The Sari Shop Heralds The Arrival Of A Writer Who Combines A Profound Sensitivity With Humour And Unflinching Honesty. Rupa Bajwa'S Story Is Both Heartbreaking And Very Real, And Depicts A Modern World In Which Hope And Violence Are Permanently Entwined.

Literature Gender Space

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Author : Beatriz Domínguez García
language : en
Publisher: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva
Release Date : 2021-09-11

Literature Gender Space written by Beatriz Domínguez García and has been published by Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-11 with Social Science categories.

Perhaps the most serious challenge that the present volume offers to the latest literature on the tapie is the reflection on gender, space and literature from the perspective of masculinity, a position which has been no doubt neglected by many years of feminist debate concentrating on women's positions and circumstances. This is specifically one of the novelties that the Intemational Conference on Gendered Spaces, celebrated in May 2001 at the University of Huelva, from which this work springs, introduced. The articles collected here constitute a selection of the most relevant contributions made at this Conference.