Kingston, Jamaica
University of the West Indies Press
Diasporic (dis)locations :Indo-Caribbean women writers negotiate the kala pani
9766401578
9789766401573
269 pages
Caribbean Literature
Caribbean literature (English) - Women authors
Women and literature - Caribbean Area.
Women authors, Caribbean.
Women authors, Hindi - Trinidad and Tobago.
Women authors, Hindi - Guyana.
Women, East Indian - Intellectual life. - Trinidad and Tobago
Women, East Indian - Intellectual life. - Guyana
Women, East Indian - Social life and customs. - Trinidad and Tobago
Women, East Indian - Social life and customs. - Guyana
Feminism and literature - Caribbean Area.
Contents8
Acknowledgements10
Introduction12
1. Framing Indo-Caribbean Female Subjectivity39
2. Engendering Indo-Caribbean and Afro-Caribbean Feminist Dialogues74
3. Creativity, Identity and Culinary Agency117
4. Orality, Indo-Caribbean Feminism and Aji Culture143
5. From Dispossession to Recuperation166
6. Sexuality, Violence and the Female Body Erotic203
Conclusion238
Notes241
Bibliography260
Index271