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Contents Acknowledgments xv 1 Introduction 1 2 Identity and Gender Across Generations of British South Asians 18 3 Black British Feminism and the Birth of South Asian Women's Writing 32 4 The New Woman in South Asian and Diasporic Literature 52 5 Bhaji on the Beach and Bend It Like Beckham: Gurinder Chadha and the 'Desification' of British Cinema 69 6 Brick Lane: Gender and Migration 89 7 Childhood in Anita and Me 108 8 Conclusion 127 Bibliography 131 Index 138
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
English literature -- South Asian authors -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
South Asians -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life.
Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- History.
Women -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Women and literature -- Great Britain.
Asia, Southeastern -- In literature.
South Asians in literature.
South Asians in mass media.
Immigrants in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.