Name: Re-theorising the Indian Subcontinental Diaspora
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Re-theorising the Indian Subcontinental Diaspora

Old and New Directions

Edited By: Nilanjana Chatterjee, Anindita Chatterjee

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How do 30 million people of the Indian Subcontinental diaspora renegotiate their identities? This volume explores their historical, socio-cultural, and economic migration patterns, examining diasporic writers, films, and unique case studies ushering in a new era of identity.

It is estimated that more than 30 million people of Indian Subcontinental origin presently live outside their homeland. The present geo-political status of the Indian…

It is estimated that more than 30 million people of Indian Subcontinental origin presently live outside their homeland. The present geo-political status of the Indian Subcontinental diaspora calls for more research and newer theorisation on how migrants from the Indian Subcontinent relocate, acculturate and renegotiate their identities in new host environments. This volume focuses on their historical, socio-cultural and economic patterns of migration and identity negotiation and formation within transnational discourses. While some of the chapters here focus on the nature of representations of the homeland and hostland in the works of Indian Subcontinental diasporic writers and film directors, others deal with the economic and historic aspects of the Indian Subcontinental diaspora. The book also includes chapters on women’s Kalapani crossings, liminal spaces, Anglo-Indian-Australian diaspora, Chinese-Indian-Canadian diaspora, and Indian Subcontinental-British home workers’ transnational space, ushering in a new era of diasporic identities.

Nilanjana Chatterjee is Assistant Professor at Durgapur Government College, India. She completed her doctoral thesis “House as Space in the Fiction of Contemporary Women Writers of Indian Subcontinental Diaspora” in 2016. Her areas of interests are Indian English literature, diaspora studies, gender studies, and cultural studies. She has published research papers on diaspora studies and cultural studies in a number of journals and a book chapter on Jhumpa Lahiri.

Anindita Chatterjee is Associate Professor at Durgapur Government College, India. She completed her PhD thesis “John Clare: Poetry of Madness” at Jadavpur University in 2010. She is actively involved with the Centre of Studies in Romantic Literature. Her areas of interest include classical British literature of the Romantic and Victorian periods, Indian writing in English, and Indian films and popular culture.