Identitti im Spiegel
Eine weiße Professorin, die sich als indischstämmig ausgibt: Aus diesem Stoff hat die Autorin Mithu Sanyal einen furiosen Roman über Identitätspolitik gemacht.
Hannah Pilarcyzk, Spiegel, 5. November
Mithu Sanyal, Alta L. Price (Übersetzung)
Identitti
EUR 15,00
Verlag Voland & Quist
ISBN: 9783863913397 📋
Nivedita (a.k.a. Identitti), a doctoral student who blogs about race with the help of Hindu goddess Kali, is in awe of Saraswati, her outrageous superstar post-colonial and race studies tutor. But Nivedita’s life and sense of self begin to unravel when it emerges that Saraswati is actually white. Hours before she learns the truth Nivedita praises her tutor in a radio interview, jeopardising her own reputation and igniting an angry backlash among her peers and online community. Dumped by her boyfriend and disowned by her friends in the uproar, Nivedita is drawn to her supervisor in search of …