Diasporic Consciousnes

This book contains insightful essays on issues of diaspora, migration, identity, globalization on works from across the word. It gives an insight into one of the most engaging topics of our times. The writings deal not only with the South Asian diaspora but go to lives of people in other countries across the globe.The book contains essays varying from images of Dalrymple's image of the imperial diaspora and looking at the economic aspect in diaspora theory to mapping the migrant experience in Canadian literature, discussing Ojibwa Spirtuality and re- reading cultural globalization through the writings of Chinese American and Jordanian/Palestinian American Woman writers. In short, the book contains a wide variety of critical writings travelling across the globe and may be of help in generating new critical insight.

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Dr. Smriti Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Patna. Her book 'Feminism and Postcolonialism in Krupabai Satthianadhan' was published in 2010. She has published papers in areas of postcolonial and diasporic writing, feminism and cultural studies.