Mapping diasporic subjectivities
Delphine Munos,Mala Pandurang +1 more
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In this article, King, Connell, and White argue that the research agenda of the social sciences can be only enriched by creative writing which focuses on the realm of geo-cultural border crossings.Abstract:
Our understanding of the complex heterogeneity of the South Asian diaspora can only be enriched by inputs from across disciplines. This special issue aims to foreground the potential of literary and cultural narratives to allow for a critical understanding of the dynamics of diverse diaspora formations. While social scientists offer perspectives into the political, economic, and demographic aspects and conditions of migration, the literary theorist engages with the creative handling of issues of migration, thereby offering more personal insights into the individual world of the migrant, and its connection with the larger collective. In their preface to Writing Across Worlds: Literature and Migration, King, Connell, and White suggest that the research agenda of the social sciences can be only enriched by creative writing which focuses on the realm of geo-cultural border crossings:read more
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Cultural identity and diaspora
TL;DR: A new cinema of the Caribbean is emerging, joining the company of the other 'Third Cinemas' It is related to, but different from the vibrant film and other forms of visual representation of the Afro-Caribbean (and Asian) 'blacks' of the diasporas of the West.
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Rethinking the concept of diaspora: mobility, connectivity and communication in a globalised world
TL;DR: A brief overview of the recent debate on diasporas can be found in this paper, which selectively focuses on aspects of the exchanges among theorists from the early 1990s onwards and seeks to identify ways in which our understanding of the concept has evolved and attempts to offer a critical evaluation of these.
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Writing Across Worlds: Literature and Migration
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the literature of migration in the twenty-first century in the United States, Canada and Australia, focusing on the following: 1. From Pappkoffer to pluralism: migrant writing in the German Federal Republic 2. 'Rivers to cross': exile and transformation in the Carribbean migration novels of George Lamming 3. Negotiating identity in the metropolis: generational difficulties in South Asian British fiction.