The perennially engaging theme of diaspora has acquired an increasing, even an alarming, resonance in the contemporary world. This collection of writings from Australia, New Zealand, India and Singapore straddles disciplines ranging from Literature, Media, and the Social Sciences to Computing and Library Studies. It is aerated also with insightful contributions from creative artists. The varied issues are probed with unusual depth and perspicacity, partly because while some of the contributors are recognized experts in their disciplines, others are exciting new talents testing their strengths in the field of international scholarship. The medley of voices combine to illuminate a topic which must surely be one of the most challenging in current intellectual debates the world over.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Cynthia vanden Driesen
Cynthia vanden Driesen was born and educated in Sri Lanka and completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Western Asutralia. She has taught at universities in Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Korea and Australia where she is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of International Community and Cultural Studies at Edith Cowan University. Her books include The Novels of R.K. Narayan (1986); an anthology of Australian Literature for Korean Readers, trans. Choi Jin Yong (1995); Centering the Margins: Perspectives on Literatures in English from India, Africa (1995); Celebrations: Fifty Years of Sri Lanka-Australia Interaction, ed. with lan vanden Driesen (2000); New Directions in Australian Studies, ed. with Adrian Mitchell (2000); Asian-Australian Encounters, ed. with Satendra Nandan (2002). She is currently working on a book exploring selected works of Patrick White as postcolonial texts.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ralph Crane
Ralph Carne is Associate Professor and head of the School of English, Journalism and European Language, at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
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