Deepika Bahri - Between the lines: South Asians and postcoloniality

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In the series
Asian American History and Culture,
edited by Sucheng Chan,
David Palumbo-Liu, and
Michael Omi

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BETWEEN
SOUTH ASIANS AND POSTCOLONIALITY
THE LINES

EDITED BY
Deepika Bahri
AND
Mary Vasudeva

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Temple University Press, Philadelphia 19122
Copyright 1996 by Temple University (except Chapter 6, copyright
M. G. Vassanji). All rights reserved
Published 1996
Printed in the United States of America

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Between the lines: South Asians and postcoloniality / edited by
Deepika Bahri and Mary Vasudeva.

p. cm. (Asian American history and culture)
Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 1-56639-467-8 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 1-56639-468-6
(pbk.: alk. paper)

1. South Asian Americans. 2. South Asian Americans Ethnic
identity. 3. South Asians Canada. 4. South Asians Canada Ethnic
identity. 5. Oriental literature (English) History and criticism.
6. Decolonization in literature. 7. Culture conflict in literature.
8. Ethnicity in literature. 9. South Asia Civilization 20th
century. 10. South Asia Colonial influence. I. Bahri, Deepika,
1962- . II. Vasudeva, Mary, 1966- . III. Series: Asian
American history and culture series.

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