ASIANADIAN: a ficção asiático-canadense de mulheres em processo de transculturação

  • Maria do Rosario Silva Leite Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Palavras-chave: Asianadian, Transculturação, Gurjinder Basran, Diáspora, Literatura

Resumo

Em Everything Was Good-Bye (2010), de Gurjinder Basran, escritora canadense inserida na diáspora asiático-canadense, buscamos enfocar os impactos da exclusão e discriminação que permeiam as narrativas de escritoras contemporâneasno contexto literário canadense. Ao abordarmos o romance em tela, entendemos a escrita da autora como uma tentativa literária de “quebrar o silêncio” imposto pelo privilégio branco, promovendo uma releitura de caráter pós-colonial e contra hegemônico do Canadá contemporâneo. Dessa forma, nos debruçamos sobre a escrita da minoria asiático-canadense (mulheres de cor), parte significativa dos povos asiáticos que migraram para aquele país e que expõe frequentemente as memórias do passado e as experiências do presente para, assim, desenvolvermos uma necessária compreensão do contexto de um país tão múltiplo, através da discussão do conceito de transculturação (ou transculturalidade) e seu impacto no romance da Basran. Assim, esse novo espaço que se forma pela perspectiva das literaturas das minorias, no caso, da diáspora indiana no Canadá, mostra-se como o lócus apropriado para apresentar os conflitos e negociações entre a cultura ancestral e a de chegada.

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2018-05-02