Bangladeshi Novels in English

Cultural Contact and Migrant Subjectivity

Umme Salma

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Routledge
08 November 2024

Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Regional studies; International relations

Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Bangladeshi Novels in English: Cultural Contact and Migrant Subjectivity is the first comprehensive study of Bangladeshi migration and diasporas through eight seminal Bangladeshi novels in English from the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries: Adib Khan’s Seasonal Adjustments and Spiral Road, Farhana H. Rahman’s The Eye of the Heart, Monica Ali’s Brick Lane, Manzu Islam’s Burrow, Nashid Kamal’s The Glass Bangles, Zia H. Rahman’s In the Light of What We Know, and Tahmima Anam’s The Bones of Grace. The book situates the study within the English-language literary history and linguistic ethnography of Bangladesh while unveiling the complexities of Bangladeshi Muslim migration from men, women, and children’s perspectives. It challenges the stereotyping of Bengali Muslim migrants as a failure of immigration and multiculturalism and offers a fresh view on cultural contact and the formation of migrant subjectivity at the intersections of gender, race, religion, class, culture, ethnicity, history, politics, and personality.

By: Umme Salma
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032751221
ISBN 10: 1032751223
Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 08 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Umme Salma earned a PhD in Postcolonial and Other Literatures in English (focusing on Bangladeshi anglophone literature) from the School of Languages and Cultures, the University of Queensland, Australia. She was a Graduate Digital Research Fellow at the University of Queensland and an Honorary Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. She has published research articles and book reviews in South Asian Review, Gitanjali and Beyond, Asiatic and Transnational Literature. Salma is also a bilingual poet, writing and publishing in Bangla and English. As an early career researcher, Salma teaches literature and writing at the University of Queensland, Australia, and has dedicated her time to research and publication. She has taught English language and literature in International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Reviews for Bangladeshi Novels in English: Cultural Contact and Migrant Subjectivity

A unique book explores migrant entrapment desires to breaking free. --Dr Abu Dayen, Professor at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh This book presents a critical appreciation, categorizes the recurrent themes of eight new English novels by seven Bangladeshi authors, and develops new theoretical tools to evaluate such literature. It connects the critical and creative worlds with an astute scholarship. --Dr. Ahmed Shamim, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Asian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin.