Kavita Bhanot
Biographic Data
| ID | 3099723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kavita Bhanot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kavita |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhanot |
| SIGNATURE | BHANOT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A ‘Balanced’ History of Empire
Sathnam Sanghera's Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain Empire articulates the violence and exploitation of empire, which Sanghera presents himself as having ‘discovered' in recent years. His ‘ignorance' is a point of connection for the intended reader, who is perhaps similarly ‘ignorant' - a result of the erasure of this history in the education system. Through this ‘ignorance' Sanghera adopts the position of seemingly neutral o…
A decolonial reading of the Punjabi (m)other in British Asian literature
This reading focuses on the mother figure in recent novels and memoirs by Punjabi-origin male writers. These texts can be seen as forms of translation into modernity, of subjects that are rarely represented in English-language literature, that cannot be recognised by the text, that exist at its margins. These texts are founded in the idea of the nation; which is unable to contain or represent these mother figures. Where is the nation for the non-…
Reading the whiteness of British Asian literature
A text is assumed to reflect truth when its ideology meets that of the reader. British Asian literature has tended to be read as giving an insight into South Asian communities, as reflecting “truth”. Dominant readings do not tend to “see” the ways in which this literature, in terms of perspective, ideology, and the direction in which it faces, is located in Britishness as whiteness. This article, through a close reading of Sathnam Sanghera’s popu…
Writers Kavita Bhanot and Balvinder Banga in conversation
Kavita and Balvinder met after Balvinder, knowing of her editorship of Too Asian, Not Asian Enough (Tindal Street Press, 2011) approached Kavita seeking an appraisal of his unpublished novel, Land
Reading the whiteness of British Asian literature
A text is assumed to reflect truth when its ideology meets that of the reader. British Asian literature has tended to be read as giving an insight into South Asian communities, as reflecting “truth”. Dominant readings do not tend to “see” the ways in which this literature, in terms of perspective, ideology, and the direction in which it faces, is located in Britishness as whiteness. This article, through a close reading of Sathnam Sanghera’s popu…
A decolonial reading of the Punjabi (m)other in British Asian literature
This reading focuses on the mother figure in recent novels and memoirs by Punjabi-origin male writers. These texts can be seen as forms of translation into modernity, of subjects that are rarely represented in English-language literature, that cannot be recognised by the text, that exist at its margins. These texts are founded in the idea of the nation; which is unable to contain or represent these mother figures. Where is the nation for the non-…
Writers Kavita Bhanot and Balvinder Banga in conversation
Kavita and Balvinder met after Balvinder, knowing of her editorship of Too Asian, Not Asian Enough (Tindal Street Press, 2011) approached Kavita seeking an appraisal of his unpublished novel, Land
Reading the whiteness of British Asian literature
A text is assumed to reflect truth when its ideology meets that of the reader. British Asian literature has tended to be read as giving an insight into South Asian communities, as reflecting “truth”. Dominant readings do not tend to “see” the ways in which this literature, in terms of perspective, ideology, and the direction in which it faces, is located in Britishness as whiteness. This article, through a close reading of Sathnam Sanghera’s popu…
A decolonial reading of the Punjabi (m)other in British Asian literature
This reading focuses on the mother figure in recent novels and memoirs by Punjabi-origin male writers. These texts can be seen as forms of translation into modernity, of subjects that are rarely represented in English-language literature, that cannot be recognised by the text, that exist at its margins. These texts are founded in the idea of the nation; which is unable to contain or represent these mother figures. Where is the nation for the non-…
A ‘Balanced’ History of Empire
Sathnam Sanghera's Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain Empire articulates the violence and exploitation of empire, which Sanghera presents himself as having ‘discovered' in recent years. His ‘ignorance' is a point of connection for the intended reader, who is perhaps similarly ‘ignorant' - a result of the erasure of this history in the education system. Through this ‘ignorance' Sanghera adopts the position of seemingly neutral o…
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