The texture of identity : the fiction of MG Vassanji, Neil Bissoondath and Rohinton Mistry /

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Author / Creator:	Genetsch, Martin.
Imprint:	Toronto : TSAR, c2007.
Description:	xii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Vassanji, M. G. -- Criticism and interpretation. Bissoondath, Neil, -- 1955- -- Criticism and interpretation. Mistry, Rohinton, -- 1952- -- Criticism and interpretation. Bissoondath, Neil, -- 1955- Mistry, Rohinton, -- 1952- Vassanji, M. G. Canadian literature -- South Asian authors -- History and criticism. Canadian literature -- African authors -- History and criticism. South Asians in literature. Africans in literature. Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. Multiculturalism in literature. South Asians -- Canada -- Intellectual life. Africans in literature. Canadian literature -- South Asian authors. Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. Multiculturalism in literature. South Asians in literature. South Asians -- Intellectual life. Canada. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6490191

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ISBN:	9781894770415 (pbk.) 1894770412 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-242).
Summary:	"Arguing that globalization is no longer a term defining only international cash flow but also includes the flow and exchange of cultures, this book examines the works of three major Canadian writers of South Asian origin and born in three different parts of the world - MG Vassanji, Neil Bissoondath, and Rohinton Mistry. To demonstrate the complex, textured identities of his authors of choice, Martin Genetsch shows that these and other writers not only negotiate their Canadian identities but also explore themselves in the cultures, histories, and geographical locations they come from. The result is a fine study of an important and defining aspect of Canadian literature."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents:

Difference and identity in multicultural; and postcolonial discourse: A. Multiculturalism and Canada ; B. Postcolonial theory
Supplementing difference: MG Vassanji: A. 'Here': the promise of hybridity. No New Land (1991) ; B. 'There' I: Transforming difference. The Book of Secrets (1994)
Deconstructing difference: Neil Bissoondath: A. 'Here': Multiculturalism and its discontents. The Innocence of Age (1992) ; B. 'There' I: an area of darkness. A Casual Brutality (1988) ; C. 'There' II: Hurt and healing. The Worlds Within Her (1999)
Transcending difference: Rohinton Mistry: A. 'Here': Towards a hybrid identity. Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987) ; B. 'There' I: Cultural difference and the struggle for meaning. Such a Long Journey (1991) ; C. 'There' II: Cultural difference and the struggle for meaning. A Fine Balance (1995)
Conclusion.

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