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'A Kingdom and a Place of Exile: Postcolonial Women Writers is a collection of essays by Dorothy Jones on postcolonial texts written by or about women. [...] Her essays examine a diverse array of texts, prinicipally by writers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Caribbean and India. Issues of migration, diaspora and race sit, often uneasily, alongside nation-building, masculinist settler myths and imperialist regimes in the postcolonial environments of these works. Many of Jones essays concern themselves with physical location and mapping as well as with imaginative territories inhabited by writers and readers.' [From the book's Introduction by Melissa Boyde, p. 5]
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ultimo,
Inner Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:University of Wollongong Press
, 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction, single work criticism (p. 5-9)
- 'A Kingdom and a Place of Exile' : Women Writers and the World of Nature, single work criticism (p. 10-23)
- The Goddess, the Artist and the Spinster, single work criticism (p. 24-35)
- Mapping and Mythmaking : Women Writers and the Australian Legend, single work criticism (p. 36-52)
- Flies in the Milk, single work criticism biography (p. 53-61)
- Recording the Gaps, single work criticism (p. 62-69)
- The Postcolonial Belly Laugh : Appetite and Its Suppression, single work criticism (p. 70-81)
- Fabricating Texts of Empire, single work criticism (p. 82-95)
- Cultivating Empire : The Gardens Women Write, single work criticism (p. 96-105)
- Embroidering the Nation, single work criticism (p. 106-119)
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The Eloquent Sari,
single work
criticism
'As part of India's aesthetically rich and politically complex textile tradition, saris are abundantly endowed with "the social life of things" as well as participating in the language of clothes. This article considers its representation in some Indian literary works as a focus for exploring acts of political and personal resistance against hegemonic authority. The sari can serve simultaneously as a sign both of the nation and of Indian womanhood while its rich array of associations has made it a valuable focal point for a number of Indian writers, both when representing major political events and when portraying the complexities of personal relationships and family life.' (Publication abstract)
- Bottling the Forbidden Fruit: Marion Halligan's Fiction, single work criticism (p. 149-157)
- The Antipodes of Empire : An Autobiographical Note, single work autobiography (p. 169-175)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Writing About Women's Writing
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury , 22 February 2011; (p. 24) -
Introduction
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A Kingdom and a Place of Exile : Critical Essays on Postcolonial Women's Writing 2010; (p. 5-9)
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Introduction
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A Kingdom and a Place of Exile : Critical Essays on Postcolonial Women's Writing 2010; (p. 5-9) -
Writing About Women's Writing
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury , 22 February 2011; (p. 24)
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