Contemporary fiction an anthology of female writers

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 Contemporary Fiction: an Anthology of female Writers focucses only on one particular genre of literature-fiction.  It is a multi disciplinary critique of novel written by South Asian female novelists like Neeum Saran Gaur, Kamla Dass,Jhumpa Lahiri, Monica Ali, Rama Mehta, Sashi Deshppande, Bharati Mukherjee, Bapsi Sidhwa, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Manju Kapur, Namita Gokhale, Githa Hariharan, Anita Nair, Kiran Desai, Gita Shamsie.  It analyzes various issues related with socio-cultural dimensions of patriarchy, religious confrontation and identity, Sexual diversity, transculturalism, immigrant and diasporic sensibilities, Socio-psycho-political historical representation, economic ramification and globalization, econ-critical   perspective, and female quest for identity.  The highlight of the anthology is Manju Kapur’s long and exhaustive interview.  It would provide a new sense of direction to research scholars and would be of great interest to all literature lovers, student and teachers alike.  The papers in the anthology can serve as reference points to all those who are interested in an indepth study of contemporary female  fiction writers underlining the space they have created  for themselves and reveal various aspects, nuances, and shades of women writing’s in English.