Non-Conforming Women in Neoliberal Cities

This book investigates the complex role space and movement play in the representation of South Asian diasporic communities in contemporary diaspora literature and films, the question of female empowerment in neoliberal Western cities, and the impact of trauma on female identities.

Autorentext

Shrimoyee Chattopadhyay has completed her PhD at the Doctoral School of Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Debrecen, Hungary, under the prestigious Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship programme. She does research in contemporary South Asian diasporic fiction and film, but her interests include gender studies, food culture, memory, and trauma studies. She was awarded the Bangabidya Young Scholar Award (2022).

Inhalt

Introduction: Mapping Identities: South Asian Diasporic Women and Empowerment

1 Neoliberal Cities as Sites of Female Empowerment

2 "Places and Spaces": Transformative Perspectives in Diasporic Narratives

3 Intersectionality and Its Impact on Identity Formation: A Comparative Analysis of South Asian Diasporic Female Characters

4 "Home and Homelessness": Nostalgia and the Impact of Culinary Arts on Female Identity

5 Trauma and Healing: The Journeys of Diasporic Women as an Escape Mechanism

6 Conclusion (and beyond)