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TO BE OR NOT TO BE DIASPORIC :Alas, poor India!, I knew her
The essay discusses notions of nationality, diaspora and exile as applied to contemporary Indian writers, especially in a world characterized by economic liberalism, wide migration, and easy international travel, transportation and communication. After arguing that there are special reasons why writ...
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Journal of Postcolonial Writing Vol. 42, No. 2 November 2006, pp. 139-154
2006
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/001837.pdf |
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| 100 | |a Bruce King | ||
| 245 | |a TO BE OR NOT TO BE DIASPORIC :Alas, poor India!, I knew her | ||
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| 260 | |b Journal of Postcolonial Writing Vol. 42, No. 2 November 2006, pp. 139-154 | ||
| 520 | |a The essay discusses notions of nationality, diaspora and exile as applied to contemporary Indian writers, especially in a world characterized by economic liberalism, wide migration, and easy international travel, transportation and communication. After arguing that there are special reasons why writers are concerned with the past, it mentions a range of views from authors who dislike being categorized by origin to those who regard social change and new abodes within India as forms of diasporas. Recent volumes by a number of poets are examined to show some of the ways in which age, generation, and other personal circumstances can influence whether or not and why a writer feels part of a diaspora. While American-led economic and social liberalism is now a dominant force of globalization and change, both recent and ancient history is filled with the diasporas of peoples, including writers. | ||
| 650 | |a INTERNATIONALISM NOSTALGIA GLOBALISATION ISLAM HINDU STEREOTYPES MYTHOLOGY MIGRANCY LIBERALISM CAPITALIS | ||
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