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- Silver and Gold : A Modern Australian Ballad: For Patricia and George Lawson, 5 September 1988i"Said George Lawson to his Missus", single work poetry (p. 290-291)
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Gleanings
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— Review of A Change of Skies 1991 single work novel -
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— Review of A Change of Skies 1991 single work novel -
Navigating Filiation/Affiliation: Re-visioning Diasporic Experience in Yasmine Gooneratne’s A Change of Skies
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Asiatic , June vol. 11 no. 1 2017; (p. 131-142)'Problematics of filiation and affiliation underscore the Janus-faced diasporic sensibility of Yasmine Gooneratne, equipoised between the esoteric pull of the ancestral allegiances and the allure of a promising future in the new land. Gooneratne’s novel A Change of Skies (1991) explores the trajectory of journey and consequent experiences of two generations of diaspora. There is a constant negotiation of the emotional and the social, the cultural and the political.
'Exposed to European influence during colonial era, independent South Asian nations have been progressively impacted by forces of modernisation and Globalisation. Technological advancement revolutionised communication and opened the floodgates of cross-border movement owing to the opportunities generated. The floating population of transnationals constantly navigate the porous boundaries of filiation and affiliation. The body of literature produced by the diaspora is haunted by these contradictory allegiances, as is evident in the novels of Gooneratne. The paper attempts to interrogate Yasmine Gooneratne’s re-visioning of immigrant experiences from the vantage point of diasporic consciousness shaped by colonial/postcolonial island nation Sri Lanka and the settler colony of island continent Australia.' (Publication abstract)
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The Diasporic Slide : Representations of Second-generation Diasporas in Yasmine Gooneratne’s A Change of Skies (1991) and in Chandani Lokugé’s If the Moon Smiled (2000) and Softly as I Leave You (2011)
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Postcolonial Writing , December vol. 52 no. 5 2016; (p. 581-594) Mediating Literary Borders : Asian Australian Writing 2018; (p. 55-68) 'The novels by Yasmine Gooneratne, A Change of Skies (1991), and Chandani Lokugé, If the Moon Smiled (2000) and Softly as I Leave You (2011), show the challenge of diaspora as sliding from parents to children. These fictions portray second-generation immigrants as “caught between two cultures”: the Sri Lankan culture of their parents and the Australian culture with which they engage at school and university. In Gooneratne’s comedy this cultural negotiation creates comic ambivalence in the second-generation character Veena, who is set to repeat the actions of her forebears. Gooneratne’s playful outcome contrasts with Lokugé’s tragic vision in her novels If the Moon Smiled and Softly as I Leave You, which position the “model minority” stereotype and racism in Australia, respectively, as significant challenges for second-generation characters. This article aims to counterbalance the dominant critical focus on first-generation diaspora in fiction. It examines relationships between parent and child characters in the novels in the context of social studies on second-generation diaspora, the South Asian diaspora, and multiculturalism in Australia.' (Introduction) -
There Goes the Neighbourhood! : The Indian-Subcontinental in the Asian / Australian Literary Precinct
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 2 2012; This paper intervenes in the ongoing debate about the nature of Asian Australian Writing, a debate that started sometime circa 2000s and seems to have gathered some force with the putative rise of global Asia. In its early stages, the referent for this academic debate was Asian-American Studies and whether or not it made sense for such a trans-Atlantic term to be applied to the Antipodean region. In the last decade, Australia’s position within the Asian geo-political region has been increasingly articulated with respect to bilateral exchange with its immediate neighbours, mainly in the arena of trade and security. Writing this essay in 2012, it seems that the two strands, the academic and the geographical, have strategically merged to define the parametres of Asian Australian Writing. [First paragraph of the article]
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1991-1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Review , vol. 3 no. 2 1991-1992; (p. 249-250)
— Review of A Change of Skies 1991 single work novel -
A Satire on Australian Immigration
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 August 1991; (p. C9)
— Review of A Change of Skies 1991 single work novel ; Tall Grow the Tallow-Woods 1991 single work novel -
Advice for Browsers - Judge this One by its Cover
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 October 1991; (p. 38)
— Review of A Change of Skies 1991 single work novel -
Barry Mundy Takes on the Southern Cross
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 134 1991; (p. 13-14)
— Review of A Change of Skies 1991 single work novel -
Bookworm
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 July 1991;
— Review of A Change of Skies 1991 single work novel -
Looking Different/Re-thinking Difference : Global Constraints and/or Contradictory Characteristics in Yasmine Gooneratne's A Change of Skies and Adib Khan's Seasonal Adjustments
2002
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— Appears in: Literature and Racial Ambiguity 2002; (p. 233-251) -
The Great Southern Land : Asian-Australian Women Writers Re-View the Australian Landscape
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 21 no. 2 2003; (p. 178-188) Tucker examines the representation of landscape in Asian-Australian women's writing in terms of the aesthetics of Australian literature. -
Nations without States : The Search for Home in H. H.. Richardson's Fortunes of Richard Mahony and Yasmine Gooneratne's A Change of Skies
1995-1996
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criticism
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Review , vol. 7 no. 1 1995-1996; (p. 79-86) -
Bushes in Two Hemispheres : Susanna Moodie's Roughing It in the Bush and Yasmine Gooneratne's A Change of Skies
1995-1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Review , vol. 7 no. 1 1995-1996; (p. 87-96) Author's introduction: 'Two women writers belonging to different hemispheres describe the immigrant experience to arrive at different conclusions. While Susanna Moodie's account was to educate the aspirants to not to risk the journey to Canada, Yasmine Gooneratne tries to drive away such apprehensions by asserting that Australia is a place that would not permit one to return home. This paper seeks to study human predicament in two different hemispheres of people caught up in adverse circumstances.' (87) -
Yasmine Gooneratne's A Change of Skies and Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine : The Immigrant Experience in Australia and the USA
1992-1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Review , vol. 4 no. 2 1992-1993; (p. 50-54)
Awards
- 1992 winner Society of Women Writers, New South Wales, Awards — Marjorie Barnard Literary Award
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