INDIAN OCEAN NOMADIC DIASPORAS: Destabilizing Master Narratives of Belonging in M. G. Vassanji's Short Fiction.
M. G. Vassanji's evocative short fiction delves into the complex and intertwined tapestry of cultures that Indian Ocean communities represent. His characters lead border and nomadic lives and they occupy in-transit subject positions. Signs of constant navigation between different cultural contexts a...
| Publicado en: | Kritika Kultura no. 41; pp. 184 - 209 |
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