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Identity, Diaspora and Literature: Theorising New Diasporic Consciousness

Identity, Diaspora and Literature: Theorising New Diasporic Consciousness

$48.00
Author:Edited by Nitesh Narnolia and Mousam
ISBN 13:9789387281653
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2018
Subject:Language and literature

About the Book

This book investigates the ways in which the new diasporic consciousness is being represented on the world stage and explore the literary works that reproduce the identity of the new as well as the old diaspora. It seeks to open new horizons in the field of diaspora and introduces the new consciousness among the new diaspora communities. It includes the chapters on various writers of diaspora literature such as V. S. Naipaul, Chitra Banerjee, Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Deshpande, Kamala Markandaya etc. as well as deals with the cinema representing diaspora communities. It explores the potential areas of new diasporic consciousness by engaging with the issues such as development of technology, making transnational communities and developing new identities, so that the present book might lead to future developments in the field of new diasporic consciousness.