Research Catalog

Title

Virtual diaspora, postcolonial literature and feminism / Ashmita Khasnabish.

Author

Khasnabish, Ashmita, 1959-

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Description

xiv, 159 pages : illustration; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book analyses the resolution of the psychic problem of diasporic existence from a postcolonial feminist perspective, by inscribing and defining the meaning of "virtual diaspora" through the lens of the East/India and the West. It explores the situation that arises when one leaves one's country and becomes an emigrant/immigrant, which often causes pain both in the departure from one's motherland and in the adaptation to a new environment. The book employs the theory of Deleuze and Guattari and explores the interstices of real and virtual diaspora and the aftermath of diaspora as a mental journey. Adding a new interpretation of transcendence, taken from the Indian perspective, the book examines the Deleuze's theory of immanence and transcendence and the two major concepts of "becoming" and "real/virtual." The book also examines the works of Amitav Ghosh, J.M. Coetzee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kunal Basu and Tagore in light of the concept of virtual diaspora and from a postcolonial feminist angle. It does so by raising the following questions: When one has emigrated to a different country, can one conceive of that existence as real or virtual or both? Do emigrants or diasporic individuals live a life of both real and virtual diaspora? This comes from the idea that both real and virtual diaspora, under different paradigms, may be related to the power struggle and master-slave dialectic that affects all of humanity. A valuable addition to the study of postcolonial literature, the book will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of diaspora studies, postcolonial feminist theory, postcolonial literature, feminist philosophy, interdisciplinary studies and Asian Studies, in particular South Asian Studies"--

Series Statement

Routledge studies in Asian diasporas and migrations and mobilities ; [6]

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in Asian diasporas, migrations, and mobilities ; 6.

Subject

• Asian diaspora
• Postcolonialism > Asia
• Alienation (Social psychology)
• Feminist theory
• Postcolonialism
• Theories
• Asia

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 23-552

ISBN

• 9781032135144
• 103213514X
• 9781032135175
• 1032135174

LCCN

2022028906

OCLC

1344494875

Author

Khasnabish, Ashmita, 1959- author.

Title

Virtual diaspora, postcolonial literature and feminism / Ashmita Khasnabish.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in Asian diasporas and migrations and mobilities ; [6]

Routledge studies in Asian diasporas, migrations, and mobilities ; 6.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Khasnabish, Ashmita. Virtual diaspora, postcolonial literature and feminism 1. New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781003229643 (DLC) 2022028907

Research Call Number

JFE 23-552