A Diasporic Mythography - by P M Biswas (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><em>A Diasporic Mythography: Myth, Legend and Memory in the Literature of the Indian Diaspora </em>is a collection of essays on how diasporic Indian authors living in the West use myth and legend to reconnect with India.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>A Diasporic Mythography: Myth, Legend and Memory in the Literature of the Indian Diaspora </em>is a collection of essays on how diasporic Indian authors living in the West use myth and legend to reconnect with India. </p><p><br></p><p>Looking at works from Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Suniti Namjoshi and Vikram Chandra, the analysis will revolve around three major points: first, that the Indian diaspora is a crucible for myth-making, in which psychology, history and postcolonial politics are inextricably entwined; second, that the nature of diasporic mythography reveals an essential human need to connect to an origin, however mythical it might be; and third, that no connection to an origin is possible without simultaneously revisioning it. </p>
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