Migrated Women's Literature

ABOUT THE COURSE:Writings by the diaspora writers have their own unique character, wherein the writer represents two cultures along with various feelings of nostalgia, rootlessness, displacement, quest for new identity and also re-rooting. This paper focuses on the texts by women-diapsora-writers. Migrant (Diasporic) women are victims of double disadvantage- being women and being migrants. They write differently from their male counterparts- both in terms of perspectives and the manner of narration. It is this writings by migrant Women from various parts of the world- that will be the primary focus of study in this Course.INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG,PG,Ph.D.,NET,JRFINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Central University of Kerala, University of Hyderabad, TISS Mumbai, Central University of Gujarat, The University of Texas at Austin, SOAS University of London, Carleton University, University of Toronto etc.