South Asian Atlantic Literature, 1970-2010

by Ruth Maxey

This book is a sustained attempt to chart and interpret a wide range of recent South Asian diasporic writing from Britain and America in specifically transatlantic terms. This body of literature has grown substantially since the 1970s, receiving not only critical acclaim but also widespread popular interest, and its favoured themes have also found expression in cinematic works. Yet scholars have largely overlooked the transatlantic development of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748641882
• ISBN13: 9780748641888
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher