Fissures and Fault lines: The Global and the Local in Uzma Aslam Khan’s Thinner Than Skin
Like a number of contemporary Pakistani novels written in English, Uzma Aslam Khan’s Thinner than Skin explores the impact of globalization on the lives of characters torn between local and diasporic identities. In Thinner than Skin, the melting of glaciers in Northern Pakistan generates a tension b...
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| Formaat: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Taal: | Anglais |
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Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
2025
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| Online toegang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Samenvatting: | Like a number of contemporary Pakistani novels written in English, Uzma Aslam Khan’s Thinner than Skin explores the impact of globalization on the lives of characters torn between local and diasporic identities. In Thinner than Skin, the melting of glaciers in Northern Pakistan generates a tension between global scientific approaches to climate change and local practices based on hospitality. This article examines, through a metaphorical extension of the geological notion of fault lines, and in the light of Bruno Latour’s actor-network theory, the way in which Khan gives narrative form to the clashing of perspectives based on divergent views of agency, rooted in global and local perspectives. |
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