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1 Australian Sunlight, Indian Shadows : 'The Time of the Peacock' Malati Mathur , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bridging Imaginations : South Asian Diaspora in Australia 2013; (p. 312-322) Mathur writes: 'In their attempt to represent themselves and give voice to their ideas and feelings, Asian-Australian writers are turning the traditional image of the 'other' created by white Australian writers on its head. Their writing not only revises and subverts the hitherto white representation of mainstream writing but also is a way of writing back, a challenging of the stereotypical portrayal of Asians in mainstream literature. By doing this, Asian-Australian writers have inverted the gaze. By looking at themselves, asserting their own point of view, they are changing what had once been passive (object) into an active agent of change and speech (the subject)' (p. 316). The author goes on to demonstrate this through Mena Abdullah and Ray Mathew's In the Time of the Peacock.
1 India and Australia : Cross Cultural Connections Malati Mathur , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 37-45) Explores the Indian influence in Australian literature, writers, and culture.
1 y separately published work icon A.D. Hope : Merging Meridians : Poetic Vision Malati Mathur , New Delhi : Creative Books , 2006 Z1911867 2006 selected work criticism
1 Writing Self, Writing Community: Storytellers and Activism Malati Mathur , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australia and India : Interconnections : Identity, Representation, Belonging 2006; (p. 75-85)
1 Australian Poetry in the Indian Classroom Malati Mathur , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Explorations in Australian Literature 2006; (p. 102-111) Taking a trajectory through Australian poetry from the writing of Hope, Wright and Dobson to the work of Aboriginal poets, Mathur's students come to appreciate Australian literature as not simply writing by Australians about Australia, but as 'voicing universal, human concerns - penned by people who happen to be Australian'.
1 Twice Banished: Exile and Displacement in Nandan's Requiem for a Rainbow Malati Mathur , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Diaspora : The Australasian Experience 2005; (p. 188-197) This article focuses on the 'double-displacement' that affects those of Indian origin who emigrate from the countries their forebears were sent to as indentured labour. It also examines the concept of 'home' and, in particular, the sense of both multiplicity and fracture which accompany the notion of home in Satendra Nandan's autobiography.
1 Island as Metaphor in A. D. Hope's Man Friday Malati Mathur , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cultural Interfaces 2004; (p. 93-99) Mathur states that 'The most interesting point in this poem, I feel, is the way in which the island concept is structured to weave in and out of our consciousness as a metaphor.' The island functions 'as a metaphor for the human mind itself.' Mathur concludes that the poem evolves into 'a powerful post-colonial comment on the soul-destroying effects of an assumption of superiority based on race and colour.'
1 y separately published work icon Cultural Interfaces S. K. Sareen (editor), Sheel C. Nuna (editor), Malati Mathur (editor), New Delhi : Indialog Publications , 2004 Z1101341 2004 anthology criticism 'Cultural Interfaces is a collection of twenty papers by international as well as young research scholars engaged in Australian Studies in India. These were presented at the First International Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA). With contributions from Bruce Bennett, Jennifer Strauss, Dennis Haskell, Satendra Nandan, David Kimber, Fran Siemensma, Parimal Roy and Marianne Robinson, Y. Yagama Reddy and Quentin-Stevenson Perks amongst many others, this volume reflects a dynamic engagement of ideas, both from a literary and a socio-political perspective, in the areas of history, culture, art, trade and education. The interfaces these essays provide, the interdisciplinary ethos they promote, are a much-needed new dimension to the study of Australian culture, society and polity in India. The present collection is set to meet precisely that objective.'
1 1 A.D. Hope's Ulysses and Kate Llewellyn's Penelope: Two Modern Voices from the Past Malati Mathur , 1990-1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Review , vol. 2 no. 1-2 1990-1991; (p. 86-95) Australian and Indian Literature: Studies in Mutual Response 1991; (p. 86-95)
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