Beyond Centre and Margin : (Self-)translation and the Eco-poetics of Space in Geetanjali Shree’s Mai
This article analyses the use of vegetal and organic tropes in Geetanjali Shree’s novel Mai in light of postcolonial translation studies and queer theory as an alternative to the fixed binaries and boundaries of East and West, self and other, that structure “ orientalist ” and patriarchal discourses...
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| Médium: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jazyk: | Anglais |
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Études de lettres
2014
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | This article analyses the use of vegetal and organic tropes in Geetanjali Shree’s novel Mai in light of postcolonial translation studies and queer theory as an alternative to the fixed binaries and boundaries of East and West, self and other, that structure “ orientalist ” and patriarchal discourses alike. Written in the first person, the novel tentatively maps out a new space of enunciation as it relates the development and emancipation of a young woman through the complex relationship that binds her to her mother in a North-Indian middle-class family. However, this family circle or centre is an ever-evolving one as the postcolonial context in which these female identities are constructed provides new conceptualisations of agency as operating not only through speech but also through strategic silence. Flowering in-between English and Hindi these hybrid agencies force us to revise our critical maps so as to investigate and invest liminal locations in which subjectivities bend the lines of patriarchal structures and static geographies of power. |
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