Building Babel
Title | Building Babel |
Year for Search | 1996 |
Authors | Namjoshi, Suniti [Manohar](b. 1941) |
Date Published | 1996 |
Publisher | Spinifex Press |
Place Published | North Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
Keywords | Canadian author, English author, Female author, Indian author |
Annotation | Feminist fairy tale in which a number of women from fables and fairy tales build various versions of Babel. Throughout, but particularly at the end, a variety of utopian motifs are employed. |
Info Notes | A site for reader responses was established by the press and is still available at http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/BabelBuildingSite/ |
Holding Institutions | CaOTU, PSt |
Author Note | The female author (b. 1941) was born in India, lived in Canada from 1972 to 1987 and currently lives in England. |
Full Text | 1996 Namjoshi, Suniti [Manohar] (b. 1941). Building Babel. North Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Spinifex Press. A site for reader responses was established by the press and is still available at http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/BabelBuildingSite/ CaOTU, PSt Feminist fairy tale in which a number of women from fables and fairy tales build various versions of Babel. Throughout, but particularly at the end, a variety of utopian motifs are employed. The female author was born in India, lived in Canada from 1972 to 1987 and currently lives in England. |