The Migrant Experience in East African Asian Writing
East African writers of South Asian origin handled issues of identity and history within the context of the homogenising nationalist politics of the nation-state. While this engagement led to the privileging of diaspora politics over the assimilationist ideologies engendered by the nation-state, the...
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| Julkaisussa: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Kieli: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | East African writers of South Asian origin handled issues of identity and history within the context of the homogenising nationalist politics of the nation-state. While this engagement led to the privileging of diaspora politics over the assimilationist ideologies engendered by the nation-state, these writers remain sceptical about the emancipatory potential of such politics for the marginalized East African Asian migrants in the West. |
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