AustLit

McLaren delineates the Indian diaspora into three stages before discussing a number of literary works by Shiva Naipaul, David Dabydeen, Rohinton Mistry and Adib Khan.

Author's introduction: 'This essay will discuss Koch's most recent novel, Out of Ireland, in which concepts of "home" and "away" demonstrate clear relevance to post-colonial studies. One of Koch's central concerns is the fundamental opposition between cityscape and landscape, symbolised by his evocation of the mythical lands Dis and Boeotia. Within this construct we glimpse Koch's views of society and of the human spirit, as well as a final warning about the dangers of harbouring a romantic sensibility.' (84)

The articles discusses the writings that have emerged in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing in 1989, written in part by Chinese dissident exiles in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and England. A majority of the stories, mainly written by women, take a fictional form, and transform the events not through political critique but rather through 'a new, feminised politics of the body' (146).

Singaporean writer and academic Kirpal Singh remembers his crosscultural encounters and experiences during his time as a PhD student in Adelaide in the mid-seventies. His personal reflections include thoughts on Australian ways and attitudes, cultural misunderstandings and misinterpretations, exile, racism, and multiculturalism, including some of these as they appear in literary works.