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OverviewThe economically privileged Lenny is able to taste the forbidden delights of the adult world because of her ayah. The romantic relationship between Sai, an upper-class Gujarati girl, and Gyan, a lower-middle-class Nepali boy, crosses both class and ethnic boundaries. The marriage between Ram, an aristocratic Hindu, and Rose, a working-class Englishwoman, transgresses racial and class lines while also reinforcing patriarchal hierarchies. These relationships in Ice-Candy-Man, The Inheritance of Loss, and Rich Like Us reveal striking similarities in how gendered and classed identities are lived in India and Pakistan. In this scholarly work, Maryam Mirza examines ten novels in English by women writers from the Indian subcontinent. She explores the role of power and desire, and of emotional and physical intimacy in cross-class relations. Among others, Mirza examines well-known novels such as Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things and Kamila Shamsies Salt and Saffron, and works that have hitherto drawn limited critical attention, such as Moni Mohsins The End of Innocence and Brinda Charrys The Hottest Day of the Year. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mryam MirzaPublisher: OUP India Imprint: OUP India Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9780199466740ISBN 10: 0199466742 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 September 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsForeword by Tabish Khair Acknowledgements Introduction: Writing Class, Writing Intimacy 1: Ayahs and Playmates in Ice-Candy-Man, The Hope Chest, and The End of Innocence 2: The (Im)possibility of Female Solidarity Beyond Class? The Binding Vine and The Space Between Us 3: Loving Class Others in The God of Small Things and Salt and Saffron 4: Domestic/Employee Seduction in The Hottest Day of the Year, The Space Between Us, and The God of Small Things 5: National or Class Allegories? Romance in Rich Like Us and The Inheritance of Loss 6: Speaking Back: The Politics of Cross-Class Dialogue Conclusion: Intimacy Across ClassModes of Elitist Narration? Bibliography Index About the AuthorReviewsMaryam Mirza's extensive study is an illuminating read not only for academics, but also for South Asian writers looking to write well about the interactions of Indian and Pakistani characters created to represent the multilayered society that we live in. * Wasafiri * Author InformationMaryam Mirza is a BeIPD-COFUND postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Liége, Belgium. In JuneJuly 2015, she held a Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Visiting Fellowship at Newcastle University, UK. Maryam has taught at several universities and colleges in Pakistan, including Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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