Includes bibliographical references. Narrating History and Identity. History and Story in South Asian Women's Writing / Stephen Morton -- Reframing Partition: Gender, Migration, and Storytelling in Postcolonial Conflict / Kavita Daiya -- Gender, Caste, and Capital in The God of Small Things / Gurleen Grewal -- Small Remedies: Shashi Deshpande Treats Political Violence / Josna E. Rege -- Teaching Parsi Women Writers in Mumbai / Nilufer E. Bharucha -- Contemporary Anglophone Sri Lankan Women Authors / Ruvani Ranasinha -- War and Identity: Writing the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict / Maryse Jayasuriya -- Interior Spaces in Tahmima Anam's A Golden Age / Harleen Singh -- Intimations of Modernity: The Legacy of Toru Dutt / Alpana Sharma -- Language, Form, and Translation. (Re)membering the Past: Linguistic Dislocation in Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day / Indrani Mitra -- Literature and Gender in Anita Desai's In Custody / Aruni Mahapatra -- Approaching the Unknowable: Teaching Mahasweta Devi in the United States / Henry Schwarz -- Mira Nair's Independence of Vision: Film Adaptations of The Namesake and The Reluctant Fundamentalist / Ambreen Hai -- Graphic Novels in the Classroom: A Postcolonial, Queer Methodology / Sushmita Chatterjee -- Contemporary Chick Lit in Indian English / Padmini Mongia -- Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality. Place and Gender in Pakistani Women's Writing / Cara Cilano -- Dalit Feminism: Teaching Bama's Karukku to American Undergraduates / Nalini Iyer -- Intersections with Feminist Disability Theory in South Asian Women's Writing / Pushpa Parekh.
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Machine generated contents note: pt. V Resources. History And Story In South Asian Women's Writing / Deepika Bahri -- Reframing Partition: Gender, Migration, And Storytelling In Postcolonial Conflict / Kavita Daiya -- Gender, Caste, And Capital In The God Of Small Things / Gurleen Grewal -- Small Remedies: Shashi Deshpande Treats Political Violence / Josna E. Rege -- Teaching Parsi Women Writers In Mumbai / Nilufer E. Bharucha -- Contemporary Anglophone Sri Lankan Women Authors / Ruvani Ranasinha -- War And Identity: Writing The Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict / Maryse Jayasuriya -- Interior Spaces In Tahmima Anam's A Golden Age / Harleen Singh -- Intimations Of Modernity: The Legacy Of Toru Dutt / Alpana Sharma -- pt. II Language, Form, and Translation -- (Re)Membering The Past: Linguistic Dislocation In Anita Desai's Clear Light Of Day / Indrani Mitra -- Literature And Gender In Anita Desai's In Custody / Aruni Mahapatra -- Approaching The Unknowable: Teaching Mahasweta Devi In The United States / Henry Schwarz -- Mira Nair's Independence Of Vision: Film Adaptations Of The Namesake And The Reluctant Fundamentalist / Ambreen Hai -- Graphic Novels In The Classroom: A Postcolonial, Queer Methodology / Sushmita Chatterjee -- Contemporary Chick Lit In Indian English / Padmini Mongia -- pt. III Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality -- Place And Gender In Pakistani Women's Writing / Cara Cilano -- Dalit Feminism: Teaching Bama's Karukku To American Undergraduates / Nalini Iyer -- Intersections With Feminist Disability Theory In South Asian Women's Writing / Pushpa Parekh -- Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Sultana's Dream / Susmita Roye -- South Asian Feminisms And The Politics Of Representation / Antonia Navarro-Tejero -- No Longer Just Victims: New Fiction And New Gender Roles / Lisa Lau -- South Asian Muslim Women's Writing / Roger Mcnamara -- A Patchwork Of Desire: Queering Translations Of Ismat Chughtai's "The Quilt" / Krupa Shandilya -- Teaching Suniti Namjoshi In Montana / Ruth Vanita -- pt. IV Situated Pedagogy: The Text and the World -- Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine: Unsettling Nation And Narration / Reshmi Hebbar -- Anglophone South Asian Women's Fiction: A Marxist, Intersectional Approach / Pranav Jani -- Teaching South Asian Women's Writing In Finland / Joel Kuortti -- Sujata Bhatt's Poetry In A Cross-Cultural German Context / Cecile Sandten -- Teaching South Asian Women's Writing To South Asian Students / Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan -- Counter-Narratives Of Liberal Multiculturalism In Jhumpa Lahiri's the Namesake / Shane A. Mccoy -- Arundhati Roy's Nonfiction Writing / Rajini Srikanth -- Landscape And The Environmental Picturesque In Kiran Desai's the Inheritance Of Loss / Jill Didur -- South Asian Women's Poetry As World Literature / Deepika Bahri -- pt. V Resources.
Summary:
""Offers pedagogical techniques for teaching South Asian women's writing in English, including consideration of colonization and imperialism, Partition, war, migration and diaspora, tradition and modernity, global capitalism, climate change, gender and sexuality, and intersectionality. Gives syllabus suggestions for undergraduate and graduate courses in postcolonial literature, world literature, and women's studies"-- Provided by publisher.
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