Lisa Lau's Outputs (5)

India through re-Orientalist Lenses (2014)
Journal Article
Lau, & Mendes, A. (2014). India through re-Orientalist Lenses. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 706-727. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801x.2014.984619

Re-Orientalism, initially defined as the perpetration of Orientalism by ‘Orientals’ (Lau 2009), is a discourse which comes out of and is inescapably informed by postcolonial and diasporic legacies. The investigation of re-Orientalism has revealed new... Read More about India through re-Orientalist Lenses.

Re-Orientalism and Indian Writing in English (2014)
Book
Lau, L., & Dwivedi, O. P. (2014). Re-Orientalism and Indian Writing in English. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137401564

At its most basic, re-Orientalism is defined as forms of Orientalism practiced and manifested by Orientals in representing the Orient. This book looks at the application and discourse of re-Orientalism in contemporary Indian and South Asian writing i... Read More about Re-Orientalism and Indian Writing in English.

The Male South Asian Domestic Servant: Master-Servant Relationships, Class Chasms, and Systematic Emasculation (2014)
Journal Article
Lau, L. The Male South Asian Domestic Servant: Master-Servant Relationships, Class Chasms, and Systematic Emasculation. The Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities, 37(1-2), 35. https://doi.org/10.4038/sljh.v37i1-2.7202

Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market (2014)
Book
Lau, L., & Dwivedi, O. P. (2014). O. P. Dwivedi, & L. Lau (Eds.). Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137437716

Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, which this volume contends has been both gatekeeper as well as a significant force in shaping the production and consu... Read More about Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market.

Representations Juxtaposed: A Home Author and a Diasporic Author Depict Coorg (2014)
Book Chapter
Lau, L. (2014). Representations Juxtaposed: A Home Author and a Diasporic Author Depict Coorg. In Tracing the New Indian Diaspora (191-217). New York: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401211710_012

This article compares and juxtaposes the handling of Coorg, the representation of its community, the depiction of the land and people, its rituals, festivals, customs and culture, through two novels written in English, both set in Coorg. Novels set i... Read More about Representations Juxtaposed: A Home Author and a Diasporic Author Depict Coorg.