“Being” in Space:

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" “Being” in Space: "
Kumar, Srigowri Tsou, Elda

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1113828
Doc. No	:	TLpq2391994059
Main Entry	:	Kumar, Srigowri
	:	Tsou, Elda
Title & Author	:	“Being” in Space:\ Kumar, SrigowriTsou, Elda
College	:	St. John's University (New York)
Date	:	2020
student score	:	2020
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Page No	:	214
Abstract	:	This dissertation focuses on the ubiquitous representations, in postcolonial fiction from the South Asian diaspora, of characters expressing an impulse to be- and belong-in-place. While literary critics consistently interpret these expressions as assertions of agency and freedom, I demonstrate that these very expressions are places where colonial ideology manifests in its most systematic and durable form. Situating these texts in the backdrop of Partition, anti-colonial nationalism and neoliberal globalization, I highlight the influence of colonial history and politics in shaping this impulse to “be” free(ly) in space.
Subject	:	Asian literature
	:	South Asian post colonial fiction