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Book SynopsisIn this scholarly work, Maryam Mirza examines ten novels in English by women writers from the Indian subcontinent. She explores the role of power and desire, and of emotional and physical intimacy in cross-class relations. Striking similarities in how gendered and classed identities are lived in India and Pakistan are revealed in this book.
Trade ReviewMaryam Mirza's extensive study is an illuminating read not only for academics, but also for South Asian writers looking to write well about the interactions of Indian and Pakistani characters created to represent the multilayered society that we live in. * Wasafiri *
Table of ContentsForeword by Tabish Khair; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing Class, Writing Intimacy; 1: Ayahs and Playmates in Ice-Candy-Man, The Hope Chest, and The End of Innocence; 2: The (Im)possibility of Female Solidarity Beyond Class? The Binding Vine and The Space Between Us; 3: Loving Class Others in The God of Small Things and Salt and Saffron; 4: Domestic/Employee Seduction in The Hottest Day of the Year, The Space Between Us, and The God of Small Things; 5: National or Class Allegories? Romance in Rich Like Us and The Inheritance of Loss; 6: Speaking Back: The Politics of Cross-Class Dialogue; Conclusion: Intimacy Across ClassModes of Elitist Narration?; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
