Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature

Number: 4 October 1, 1996
Kuldip Kaur Kuwahara
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Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature

Abstract

The heroine of Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine experiences "the tug of opposing forces" as she travels from India to America. This conflict sets up a constant pattern of "Hope and pain. Pain and hope." Jasmine embarks on a symbolic as well as a literal journey that explores both the physical and spiritual dimensions of her experience. Mukherjee contrasts the paradoxical pattern of social limitations and spiritual freedom in India with the social freedom and spiritual limitations of life in the New World. There is an ironic tension between the Eastern concept of fate and human destiny, and the heroines need to exert herself and shape the pattern of her life in the West. Bharati Mukherjees narrative is both an Indian mystical journey and an American story of self-making

References

  1. Buck, William. Mahabharata. Trans. Vyasa. New York: Meridian, 1987.
  2. Mukherjee, Bharati. Jasmine. New York: Fawcett Crest Books, 1991

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October 1, 1996

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Year 1996 Number: 4

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APA
Kuwahara, K. K. (1996). Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature. Journal of American Studies of Turkey, 4, 31-35. https://izlik.org/JA83LZ28AB
AMA
1.Kuwahara KK. Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature. JAST. 1996;(4):31-35. https://izlik.org/JA83LZ28AB
Chicago
Kuwahara, Kuldip Kaur. 1996. “Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature”. Journal of American Studies of Turkey, nos. 4: 31-35. https://izlik.org/JA83LZ28AB.
EndNote
Kuwahara KK (October 1, 1996) Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature. Journal of American Studies of Turkey 4 31–35.
IEEE
[1]K. K. Kuwahara, “Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature”, JAST, no. 4, pp. 31–35, Oct. 1996, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA83LZ28AB
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Kuwahara, Kuldip Kaur. “Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature”. Journal of American Studies of Turkey. 4 (October 1, 1996): 31-35. https://izlik.org/JA83LZ28AB.
JAMA
1.Kuwahara KK. Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature. JAST. 1996;:31–35.
MLA
Kuwahara, Kuldip Kaur. “Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature”. Journal of American Studies of Turkey, no. 4, Oct. 1996, pp. 31-35, https://izlik.org/JA83LZ28AB.
Vancouver
1.Kuldip Kaur Kuwahara. Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine: Making Connections Between Asian and Asian American Literature. JAST [Internet]. 1996 Oct. 1;(4):31-5. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA83LZ28AB

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