Narrative Performances of Mothering in South Asian Diasporic Fiction

ISBN-13: 9781032420479 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 280 str.

Sarah Knor

Opis

Examining a range of South Asian Anglophone diasporic novels and poetry, this monograph opens a new dialogue between diaspora studies and gender studies, arguing that discourses of diaspora benefit from re-examining their own critical relation to concepts of the maternal and the motherland.

O autorze

Dr. Sarah Knor is a lecturer and researcher in English literature, specialising in postcolonial and diasporic writing. She studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and at Royal Holloway College, University of London. Her doctoral project was part of the international Marie Curie initial training network on "Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging" (Cohab) involving the universities of Münster, Oxford, SOAS, Mumbai, Stockholm and Northampton.