Mythologies of migration, vocabularies of indenture : novels of the South Asian diaspora in Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific /

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Author / Creator:	Pirbhai, Mariam, 1970- author.
Imprint:	Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 262 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	English fiction -- South Asian authors -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Servants in literature. South Asian diaspora in literature. South Asians in literature. Indentured servants -- South Asia -- History. British colonies. English fiction. Household employees in literature. Indentured servants. Literature. South Asian diaspora in literature. South Asians in literature. Great Britain -- Colonies -- In literature. South Asia. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246997

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ISBN:	9781442697805 1442697806 9780802099648
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.
Summary:	Pirbhai uses the critical paradigm of 'indenture history' to examine the local literary and cultural histories that have influenced and shaped the development of novel-length fiction by writers of the South Asian diaspora in national contexts as diverse as Mauritius, South Africa, Guyana, and Fiji.
Other form:	Print version: 9780802099648

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