Imagining Bombay, London, New York and Beyond ― South Asian Diasporic Writing from 1990 to the Present

Exploring the literary representations and imagining of the three world cities, Ridda traces an evolutionary path of analysis that foregrounds how socio-economic shifts have shaped the re-imaging of these cities. She look at South Asian diasporic texts and Bollywood films chronologically to investigate how travel between cities influences the process of identity construction both in the home countries and host countries. As an alternative to familiar journeys between India and Britain, she charts the transition from London-centric studies of postcolonial city spaces to a new axis of Bombay, London, and New York. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Maria Ridda is Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London, and at the University of Kent. Her main research areas are postcolonial theory and contemporary South Asian writing with a focus on the city. She has published articles and essays on South Asian diasporic literature, Bollywood cinema and Italian postcolonialism.