Bharati Mukherjee’s Struggle Against Cultural Balkanization: the Forging of a New American Immigrant Writing

González, Ma Luz; Oliva, Juan Ignacio

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“…For this study, it was of interest to provide a conceptual contextualization of the terminology of diaspora in contraposition to that of transnationalism, with the onus on theory, in close relation to gender approximation and the latest tendencies in gender diasporic studies. Several authors have approached Bharati Mukherjee's work about her gender immigrant narratives and the imminent rupture of the traditional state of hybridity (Drake, 1999;González and Oliva, 2015;Deshmane, 2010). Nevertheless, these studies mostly revolve around her personal and literary style, considering that she moves towards "idealizing the 'real' to create a personal and literary migrant cosmos" (González and Oliva, 2015: 72).…”

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Approaching 'Home' in Bharati Mukherjee’s Darkness

Gómez

2022

Int. j. Engl. stud.

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The object of this study is to explore the relationship between 'home' and the decline of ethnic identity in the female characters of Bharati Mukherjee's collection of short stories Darkness (1985). This paper argues that while it is generally accepted that diaspora entails a questioning of a sense of belonging (Kennedy, 2014: 12), for Bharati Mukherjee, "the price that the immigrant willingly pays, and that the exile avoids, is the trauma of self-transformation" ("Two ways to belong in America", 1996). This article seeks to contextualize the Indian diaspora in its roots and routes, proving an inextricable link with gendering of the concept of 'home' in Bhattacharjee (1996). The introduction is underpinned by a theoretical framework on diaspora namely South Asian female migrants in the United States, and an analysis of the Indian concept of nation, from which the literary assessment departs.

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Approaching 'Home' in Bharati Mukherjee’s Darkness

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2022

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Bharati Mukherjee’s Struggle Against Cultural Balkanization: the Forging of a New American Immigrant Writing

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Approaching 'Home' in Bharati Mukherjee’s Darkness

Approaching 'Home' in Bharati Mukherjee’s Darkness

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