Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:38:12 +1000
Subject: Re: reading list ideas



Melanee --

While not taking up the issue of immigration but rather dispossession,
Australian Aboriginal women's life writing is a rich and growing field of
indigenous cultural production.  A basic but good place to start is Anne
Brewster's Aboriginal Women's Autobiography. Sydney University Press, 1996.

Denise Cuthbert

"Melanee D. Grondahl" wrote:

> I am a graduate student, embarking on an independent study this semester
> on Post-Colonial Literature and Life Writing. I need to compile a reading
> list that is appropriate for my study, but have few ideas of books that
> would address the issues I'm studying. Does anyone have any suggestions of
> books that speak of the immergence and repression of multiple selves
> through immigration? It would be wonderful to find this topic in letter,
> journal, autobiography, biography or diary form. I am currently comparing
> Mukherjee's Holder of the World and Jasmine on this same subject minus the
> Life Writing angle. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Melanee
>
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