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Title: The Making of a man
Related: New writing : The International journal for the practice and theory of creative writing, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p.45-56
Related: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Date: 2004
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 190400 Performing Arts and Creative Writing 199900 Other Studies in Creative Arts and Writing 200200 Cultural Studies
Author/Creator: Messer, Jane
Description: This paper investigates the author's writing processes during the research and creation of the fictional character of Chella Singh-Jolley. The author's novel Provenance is set in 1960; one of its principal characters is Chella, a Sikh biochemistry student in Australia on a Colombo Plan scholarship. The paper discusses the challenges in writing a character so ostensibly 'other' to the author; and how these dilemmas were turned to creative use. The paper outlines the history of Indian immigration to Australia, and briefly the role of the Colombo Plan for Economic Development, situating Chella within this history. An extract from Chapter One of the novel is included: the opening story of the novel's protagonist, an Italian-Australian girl, Rafaela Mollino.
Description: 12 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 190400 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Subject Keyword: 199900 Other Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
Subject Keyword: 200200 Cultural Studies
Subject Keyword: fiction
Subject Keyword: creative writing
Subject Keyword: Australia
Subject Keyword: postcolonial
Subject Keyword: Sikh
Subject Keyword: culture
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of English

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/40224
Identifier: ISSN:1479-0726
Identifier: mq-rm-2006011804
Language: eng
Rights: Copyright is attributed to the author. This copy is archived with the agreement of the author. Permission to republish or reproduce this version for any other reasons should be sought from the author.
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