Vijay C. Mishra Vijay C. Mishra i(A49976 works by)
Born: Established: 1945 Suva,
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Fiji,
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South Pacific, Pacific Region,
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Gender: Male
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1 Australia in the Salman Rushdie Archive Vijay C. Mishra , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014;

'The day of the fatwa (Valentine’s 1989) has a connection with Australia. On that very day Rushdie was scheduled to attend the memorial service for his friend Bruce Chatwin (13 May 1940 – 18 January 1989). We read about this in Rushdie’s memoir Joseph Anton. More interestingly, though, there is more in the Rushdie archive deposited in Emory University’s Woodruff Library about his friendship with Bruce Chatwin. In the archive we discover that with Bruce Chatwin Rushdie had travelled, in 1984, to ‘the heart of Australia, which is known as the “Red Centre” to those who live there and as the “Dead Centre” to those who don’t’ (Box 4, folder 12). At the ‘Red centre’ of Australia he had climbed up Ayers Rock (for that was then the name of Uluru), was reminded of the tale of the so-called ‘dingo baby’ (Meryl Streep had made it an international cause célèbre in Evil Angels), and in a fleapit of a motel was told the story of the already drunk Douglas Crabbe, the 36-year-old long-distance truckie who, refused a drink at the Motel, drove his truck into the bar killing five people. In his defence Crabbe had said that the action was totally out of character as he loved his truck as if it were his own (children). Five years on, Rushdie, remembers this anecdote and wonders if people were willing to execute a writer because they loved their truck (their reading of blasphemy) more than human life. Looking back he thought, climbing up the acared Uluru was also blasphemy. Mercifully climbers were no longer permitted to ascend the massive rock. And then we get this note:

'It was on the flight home from that Australian journey in 1984 that he had begun to understand how to write The Satanic Verses.

In the archive there is a 2-page ms titled ‘Notes Towards an essay on Australia.’ In this paper I examine notes Rushdie made during his Australian trip to offer an outline of what the shape of the essay may have been had Rushdie written it. And , additionally, what bits of Australia make their way into The Satanic Verses.'(Publication abstract)

1 Perception, Convention, Expectation and Transformation : Representations of Aborigines in Australian Texts Vijay C. Mishra , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Creative Nation : Australian Cinema and Cultural Studies Reader 2009; (p. 253-277)
1 What Was Postcolonialism? Vijay C. Mishra , Bob Hodge , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Literary History , vol. 36 no. 3 2005; (p. 375-402)
A survey of the field of postcolonial criticism. The authors 'argue that a recognition of the pastness of postcolonialism...releases energies that have been locked into an ever more onerous task, to maintain and extend its scope, in a present and a future increasingly constituted in other terms'.
1 No Boxed Gifts Vijay C. Mishra , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 181 2005; (p. 73-82)
1 1 Dilkusha Vijay C. Mishra , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: Bittersweet : The Indo-Fijian Experience 2004; (p. 113-312)
1 The Feudal Post-Colonial : The Fiji Crisis Vijay C. Mishra , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: In Diaspora : Theories, Histories, Texts 2001; (p. 319-340)
This essay focuses on the coup that took place in Fiji on the 19th of May 2000. It begins with a couple of autobiographical anecdotes regarding Mishra's school days in Fiji and goes on to examine Fijian and Indo-Fijian histories. Mishra then discusses the role played by the self-proclaimed leader of the 2000 coup, George Speight, and Speight's kailoma heritage (literally 'child of love,' kailoma is used to refer to the 'part-European community' in Fiji).
1 Postmodern Racism Vijay C. Mishra , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 55 no. 2 1996; (p. 346-357)
1 Dreaming of India Vijay C. Mishra , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 July 1994; (p. 8)

— Review of Memoirs of a Reluctant Traveller Sudesh Mishra , 1994 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Span no. 34-35 [Double Issue] November -May Vijay C. Mishra (editor), 1992-1993 Z591797 1992-1993 periodical issue
1 1 Semiotics and History : Entering a No-Go Zone with Patrick Wolfe Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 51 no. 4 1992; (p. 877-883)
1 1 Reading the Dream Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 204-219)
1 Mulitculturalism and the Fragment Society Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 178-203)
1 The Australian Legend Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 162-177)
1 Reading the Country Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 143-161)
1 Crimes and Punishment Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 116-142)
1 Aboriginal Voices Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 91-115)
1 Dark Traditions Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 71-90)
1 Return of the Repressed Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 50-70)
1 The Bastard Complex Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 23-49)
1 Australian Literature and the Problem of History Bob Hodge , Vijay C. Mishra , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991; (p. 1-22)
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