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''The Swinging Bridge'' is a novel by Ramabai Espinet, published in 2003 by Harper Collins Publishing. In 2004, the novel was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the category of Best First Book (Caribbean and Canada Region).〔 *Savory, E. (2007). Interview with ramabai espinet. Wadabagei : A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora, 10(2), 82-96. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/200387891?accountid=10920 〕 Espinet's novel focuses on a multi-generational Indo-Trinidadian family living in Canada, touching on a number of themes and topics such as gender identity and matrilineal ties. 〔Muneshwar, T. A. (2010). (Her)stories written: The construction of identity through politics, culture and education in the novels of contemporary indo-guyanese women. (Order No. MR62293, York University (Canada)). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 155. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/748832849?accountid=10920. (748832849). 〕 Ramabai Espinet is an Indo-Trinidadian author born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago in 1948. Since she originally migrated to Canada in the 1970s, Espinet has divided her time between the Caribbean and Canada. Espinet received her Ph.D. from the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago after graduating from York University in Toronto, Ontario. She is currently a professor at Seneca College. Some of her other notable works besides ''The Swinging Bridge'' include ''Beyond the Kalapani'', ''The Princess of Spadina'', and ''Ninja's Carnival''.〔http://theswingingbridgeuf.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/ramabai-espinets-web-presence/〕〔Budhu, Reshma. “Ramabai Espinet : Section15.ca.” Ramabai Espinet :: Section15.ca. Section15.ca, 09 Dec. 1997. Web. 20 Apr. 2014. ==Major themes of ''The Swinging Bridge''== *Silencing of history and its voices *Immigration *Cultural, gender, and sexual oppression〔Robinson, E. (2007). "Variable identities": Locating indo-caribbean women's voices. (Order No. C829880, University of Essex (United Kingdom)). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/304734005?accountid=10920. (304734005). 〕〔Muneshwar, T. A. (2010). (Her)stories written: The construction of identity through politics, culture and education in the novels of contemporary indo-guyanese women. (Order No. MR62293, York University (Canada)). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 155. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/748832849?accountid=10920. (748832849). 〕 *Marginalization of Indo-Caribbean families〔Solbiac, R. (2012). Mémoire indienne dans The Swinging Bridge de Ramabai Espinet : la construction d'une identité indo-trinidadienne diasporique. Revue Etudes Caribéennes, n°21, https://etudescaribeennes.revues.org/5757〕 *Historical archive with primary sources *"Double Diaspora" — both the Indian diaspora in the Caribbean and the Indo-Caribbean diaspora in North America (IE: Canada) 〔Savory, E. (2007). Interview with ramabai espinet. Wadabagei : A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora, 10(2), 82-96. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/200387891?accountid=10920 〕〔Diasporic (Dis)Locations: Indo-Caribbean Writers Negotiate the Kala Pani. Kingston: University of West Indies Press. 2004. 〕 *Music, songwriting 〔Hamilton, N. W. (2012). Sound writing: Popular music in the contemporary caribbean novel. (Order No. 3527921, Brandeis University). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 296. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1074792138?accountid=10920. (1074792138). 〕 *Feminism 〔Muneshwar, Tanita A. "(Her)Stories Written: The Construction of Identity Through Politics, Culture and Education in the Novels of Contemporary Indo-Guyanese Women." Diss. York U, 2009. Print.〕〔Mehta, B. "Engendering History: A Poetics of the Kala Pani in Ramabai Espinet's The Swinging Bridge." Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism 10.3 (2006): 19-36. Print.〕〔Budhu, Reshma. "Ramabai Espinet : Section15.ca." Ramabai Espinet :: Section15.ca. Section15.ca, 09 Dec. 1997. Web. 20 Apr. 2014. *Rape and sexual violence 〔Espinet, “The Invisible Woman in West Indian Literature” World Literature Written in English 29.2 (1998), pp. 116-26 E-Reserves (Espinet, feminism)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Swinging Bridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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