Convicts, Call Centres and Cochin Kangaroos: South Asian globalising of the Australian Imagination.

Authors

Paul Sharrad, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

75403

Publication Details

Sharrad, P, Convicts, Call Centres and Cochin Kangaroos: South Asian globalising of the Australian Imagination, at the Centre for Postcolonial Writing, Monash University “Globalisation and Postcolonial Writing” conference, University of Calcutta, February 2006. Under consideration for publication in proceedings.

Abstract

This paper considers a history of imaginative links between Australia and India, offering readings of Suneeta Perez da Costa's 'Homework' and Christopher Cyrill's 'The Tributaries of the Ganges'.