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South Asian diaspora narratives: Roots and routes

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posted on 2024-06-06, 12:07 authored by A Sarwal
© The Author(s) 2017. All rights reserved. This book analyses the metaphysical and poetical notions and the processes of 'rooting into a culture' and 'routing out of a culture' in the context of South Asian diaspora in Australia. These diasporic narratives are often characterised by bifurcated and dislocated identities that exist in a liminal space, in-between two identities, two cultures, and two histories. Yet, 'home' remains, through acts of imagination, remembering and re-creation, an important reference point. The author argues that a clearer notion of politics of location is required to distinguish between the different kinds of 'dislocation' the immigrants suffer, both psychologically and sociologically. The diaspora is Australia is an under-studied topic, and this book fills a lacuna in South Asian diaspora studies by analysing and calling upon a wide range of works in this field from historical, anthropological, sociological, cultural, and literary studies.

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Pagination

1-184

ISBN-13

9789811036286

ISBN-10

9811036284

Language

eng

Publication classification

A1 Books - authored - research

Number of chapters

9

Publisher

Springer

Place of publication

Berlin, Germany

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