Yasmin Hussain.

Writing diaspora : South Asian women, culture, and ethnicity / by Yasmin Hussain. - New York ; Routledge, 2016 - ix, 148 p. ; 23 cm. - Studies in migration and diaspora .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-141) and index.

Introduction -- Identity and gender across generations of British South Asians -- Black British feminism and the birth of South Asian women's writing -- The new woman in South Asian and diasporic literature -- Bhaji on the beach and Bend it like Beckham : Gurinder Chadha and the 'desification' of British cinema -- Brick lane : gender and migration -- Childhood in Anita and me -- Conclusion.

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English literature--South Asian authors--History and criticism.
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
South Asians--Intellectual life.--Great Britain
Motion pictures--History.--Great Britain
Women--Intellectual life.--Great Britain
Emigration and immigration in literature.--Great Britain
Women and literature
South Asians in literature.
South Asians in mass media.
Immigrants in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Culture in motion pictures.


Southeast Asia--In literature.

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