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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Relative Merits : A Personal Memoir of the Bandaranaike Family of Sri Lanka
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       C. Hurst ,       1986 .
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Eating One’s Way Through History : Food and Politics in Manuka Wijesinghe’s Monsoons and Potholes Isabel Alonso-Breto , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 5 2011; 'This paper consists of an analysis of Monsoons and Potholes (2006), the first novel by Sri Lankan playwright Manuka Wijesinghe. Attention is paid to the ways in which the text articulates relations between personal stories, food, history and politics. Food plays a central role in some novels published in the last years by Sri Lankan authors, as is the case, for instance, with Yasmine Gooneratne's A Change of Skies (1984) and Mary Ann Mohanraj's Bodies in Motion (2005). Both these works elaborate metaphors of identity through the dominant trope of food-encompassing cooking and the rituals of consumption. In Monsoons and Potholes, food accompanies and illustrates the autobiographical account of a Sri Lankan youngster born in the early 1960s, and revisits the first twenty years in her life together with the socio-political up and downs in her country. While it is a novel which to a great extent draws on metaphors of myth and history, scenes of food and eating appear consistently throughout the narration, which contribute in providing a down-to-earth (and highly satirical) version of the life of the Sinhala upper-middle classes during the period. These images of food (and the sets of rituals, beliefs and constrictions around it) are exploited by the author with the aim to explore, understand and denounce the historical process which precipitated Sri Lanka, at the beginning of the 1980s, "on the road to nowhere".' (Author's abstract)
Little Histories : Diasporan Family Narratives in Australia Kateryna Olijnyk Longley , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southern Review , vol. 30 no. 2 1997; (p. 212-225) New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 262-280)
Reflections on the Migrant Experience Diana Giese , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Migration , July-August 1991; (p. 20-21)
Finding One's Voice in a New Land Diana Giese , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 August 1991; (p. 4)
Untitled Doireann MacDermott , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Span , October no. 25 1987; (p. 100-103)
— Review of Relative Merits : A Personal Memoir of the Bandaranaike Family of Sri Lanka Yasmine Gooneratne , 1986 single work autobiography
Patterns of Power Lakshmi De Silva , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1986; (p. 65-70)
— Review of Relative Merits : A Personal Memoir of the Bandaranaike Family of Sri Lanka Yasmine Gooneratne , 1986 single work autobiography
A Sri Lankan Memoir Susan Moore , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 30 no. 11 1986; (p. 117-119)
— Review of Relative Merits : A Personal Memoir of the Bandaranaike Family of Sri Lanka Yasmine Gooneratne , 1986 single work autobiography
Untitled Doireann MacDermott , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Span , October no. 25 1987; (p. 100-103)
— Review of Relative Merits : A Personal Memoir of the Bandaranaike Family of Sri Lanka Yasmine Gooneratne , 1986 single work autobiography
Eating One’s Way Through History : Food and Politics in Manuka Wijesinghe’s Monsoons and Potholes Isabel Alonso-Breto , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 5 2011; 'This paper consists of an analysis of Monsoons and Potholes (2006), the first novel by Sri Lankan playwright Manuka Wijesinghe. Attention is paid to the ways in which the text articulates relations between personal stories, food, history and politics. Food plays a central role in some novels published in the last years by Sri Lankan authors, as is the case, for instance, with Yasmine Gooneratne's A Change of Skies (1984) and Mary Ann Mohanraj's Bodies in Motion (2005). Both these works elaborate metaphors of identity through the dominant trope of food-encompassing cooking and the rituals of consumption. In Monsoons and Potholes, food accompanies and illustrates the autobiographical account of a Sri Lankan youngster born in the early 1960s, and revisits the first twenty years in her life together with the socio-political up and downs in her country. While it is a novel which to a great extent draws on metaphors of myth and history, scenes of food and eating appear consistently throughout the narration, which contribute in providing a down-to-earth (and highly satirical) version of the life of the Sinhala upper-middle classes during the period. These images of food (and the sets of rituals, beliefs and constrictions around it) are exploited by the author with the aim to explore, understand and denounce the historical process which precipitated Sri Lanka, at the beginning of the 1980s, "on the road to nowhere".' (Author's abstract)
Finding One's Voice in a New Land Diana Giese , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 August 1991; (p. 4)
Little Histories : Diasporan Family Narratives in Australia Kateryna Olijnyk Longley , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southern Review , vol. 30 no. 2 1997; (p. 212-225) New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 262-280)
Reflections on the Migrant Experience Diana Giese , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Migration , July-August 1991; (p. 20-21)
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