Sandra Ponzanesi is Assistant Professor and Research Fellow of Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Touchstones

2 The Exuberance of Immigration: Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine

3 The Shock of Arrival: Meena Alexander, Fault Lines

4 Alienation and Narration: Sara Suleri, Meatless Days

5 Floating Myths: Sunetra Gupta, Moonlight into Marzipan

6 A Short Story about the Italian Empire: From Fascist Propaganda to

Postcolonial Representations

7 Daughters of Empire: Métissage and Hyphenated Identities: Erminia dell'Oro and Maria Abbebù Viarengo

8 Living in Translation: Ribka Sibhatu, Aulò: Canto-Poesia dall'Eritrea

9 Voices in Pain: Once We Were Warriors: Sirad S. Hassan, Sette Gocce di Sangue

10 Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index