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'Debut novel set between Indian and Australia. Tillie and Milan, Australian citizens, are visiting Milan's extended family in India when they are kidnapped by robbers. In a cave away from civilization they wait to be rescued by Milan's family. In the enforced isolation Tillie must come to terms with her suspicions and jealousies and Milan must face childhood issues. Explores themes of loss and discovering identity in a land of magic and misconceptions. Author, who lives in Melbourne, is part of an extended Indian-Bengali family living in Australia, the United States, Britain and India.' (Publication summary)
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Les Murray in a Dhoti : Transnationalizing Australian Literature
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 25 no. 1 2011; (p. 39-36) 'India has faced a similar challenge in establishing the serious study of its own writing in English, one made more problematic by the battle not only to overcome ingrained colonial prejudice against that writing as second-hand imitations of British literature, but because of the resistance from nationalist critics championing writing in the autochthonous languages of the subcontinent. The tactical solution amongst academics in Australia has been in part to accept the consolidation of the field in the national context and to look beyond the national to historical complex networks of literary production and circulation under Empire and to current networks of diasporic movements in and out of Australia. Among other things Sharrad shares that the current calibration of research publications in Australia and the allocation of research grants threaten steadily to concentrate resources around a few key international journals and narrow interpretations of the national interest.' (Editor's abstract)
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Oh! Incredible India: Australian Matilda’s Exotic Indian Safari in a Hindustan Contessa with her Australian-Indian/Bengali Husband Milan
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies : Reading History, Culture and Identity 2010; (p. 52-65) -
Oh! Incredible India : Matilda's Exotic Indian Safari in a Hindustan Contessa
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 34 no. 1 2008; (p. 175-184) 'Jane Watson's Hindustan Contessa published in 2002, may be regarded as a fictionalized cultural travelogue that internalizes 'the license of a traveller', for the narrative is deeply subjective and problematic, resonant as it is with the cultural negotiator's confused responses to indigenous customs and lifestyles. The narrative represents the confiictual tensions and bi-cultural stress between two racially distinct individuals who bond emotionally vwthin the enclosed space of the domestic. So the marriage of the white Australian woman to Milan, an Asian/Indian/Bengali immigrant who is now an Australian citizen is a political experience, heralding transcultural and transnational identities.' (Introduction) -
Australians in Other Places
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 169 2002; (p. 142-144)
— Review of Jazz Tango 2002 single work novel ; Borrowed Eyes 2002 single work novel ; Llama for Lunch 2004 single work autobiography ; Hindustan Contessa : A Novel 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 3 2002; (p. 61)
— Review of Hindustan Contessa : A Novel 2002 single work novel
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An Indian Tale of Suspense and Passion
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 July 2002; (p. 16)
— Review of Hindustan Contessa : A Novel 2002 single work novel -
Tillie's Pungent Romance
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 July 2002; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Hindustan Contessa : A Novel 2002 single work novel ; And in the Morning 2002 single work novel ; A Few More Minutes with Monica Vitti : Short Stories 1998 selected work short story ; Land of Gold and Silver 2002 single work novel -
Hackneyed of Hindustan
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 July 2002; (p. 10)
— Review of Hindustan Contessa : A Novel 2002 single work novel -
Paperbacks
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 August 2002; (p. 11)
— Review of Murder in Montparnasse 2002 single work novel ; The Home Crowd 2002 single work novel ; Hindustan Contessa : A Novel 2002 single work novel -
Home Brew
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 August vol. 120 no. 6339 2002; (p. 66)
— Review of Hindustan Contessa : A Novel 2002 single work novel ; Carrion Colony 2002 single work novel ; Of a Boy 2002 single work novel ; I'm a Believer 2002 single work novel ; Borrowed Eyes 2002 single work novel -
Oh! Incredible India : Matilda's Exotic Indian Safari in a Hindustan Contessa
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 34 no. 1 2008; (p. 175-184) 'Jane Watson's Hindustan Contessa published in 2002, may be regarded as a fictionalized cultural travelogue that internalizes 'the license of a traveller', for the narrative is deeply subjective and problematic, resonant as it is with the cultural negotiator's confused responses to indigenous customs and lifestyles. The narrative represents the confiictual tensions and bi-cultural stress between two racially distinct individuals who bond emotionally vwthin the enclosed space of the domestic. So the marriage of the white Australian woman to Milan, an Asian/Indian/Bengali immigrant who is now an Australian citizen is a political experience, heralding transcultural and transnational identities.' (Introduction) -
Les Murray in a Dhoti : Transnationalizing Australian Literature
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 25 no. 1 2011; (p. 39-36) 'India has faced a similar challenge in establishing the serious study of its own writing in English, one made more problematic by the battle not only to overcome ingrained colonial prejudice against that writing as second-hand imitations of British literature, but because of the resistance from nationalist critics championing writing in the autochthonous languages of the subcontinent. The tactical solution amongst academics in Australia has been in part to accept the consolidation of the field in the national context and to look beyond the national to historical complex networks of literary production and circulation under Empire and to current networks of diasporic movements in and out of Australia. Among other things Sharrad shares that the current calibration of research publications in Australia and the allocation of research grants threaten steadily to concentrate resources around a few key international journals and narrow interpretations of the national interest.' (Editor's abstract)
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Oh! Incredible India: Australian Matilda’s Exotic Indian Safari in a Hindustan Contessa with her Australian-Indian/Bengali Husband Milan
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies : Reading History, Culture and Identity 2010; (p. 52-65)
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