Transnational women: Narratives of displacement and belonging
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
Narratives of Estrangement and Belonging: Indo Australian Perspectives
Publisher
Authorspress
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
25772
Abstract
As an immigrant woman who has lived in Australia for more than 30 years, I am interested in the stories women tell of their experiences of living in a 'safe' country. As a writer, I am intrigued by the response of 'women like me' to fictional representations of our 'selves' and our bi cultural 'belongings. Using the specific responses of a reading group comprised of Indian and Iranian women, this paper shows that the boundaries between analytic and reflexive research are permeable and the researcher also becomes implicated in her own research...
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Murphy, R. (2016). Transnational women: Narratives of displacement and belonging. In N. Kanwar (Ed.), Narratives of estrangement and belonging: Indo-Australian perspectives (p. 244-259). New Delhi, India: Authorspress. Available here