Problematic identities in women's fiction of the Sri Lankan diaspora / / by Alexandra Watkins.
Women novelists of the Sri Lankan diaspora make a significant contribution to the field of South Asian postcolonial studies. Their writing is critical and subversive, particularly concerned as it is with the problematic of identity. This book engages in insightful readings of nine novels by women wr...
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| Superior document: | Cross/cultures : readings in post/colonial literatures and cultures in English, Volume 180 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cross/cultures ;
Volume 180. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 pages). |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Mimicry and Detection: Dismantling Identity in Michelle de Kretser’s The Hamilton Case
- In Fear of Monsters: Women’s Identities and the Cult of Domesticity in British Ceylon
- Combatting Myths: Racial and Cultural Identity in Postcolonial Sri Lanka
- Chandani Lokugé and Yasmine Gooneratne: Deconstructing Postcolonial Tourism, Exoticism, and Colonial Simulacra
- Diasporic Identities: Inscriptions of Celebration and Psychic Trauma in Western Locations
- ‘Pretty Little Tales’ of Substance: A Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index.