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Dutt-Ballerstadt, Reshmi.

The postcolonial citizen the intellectual migrant / [electronic resource] : Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt. - New York : P. Lang, c2010. - xvi, 150 p. - Postcolonial studies, v. 3 1942-6100 ; . - Postcolonial studies ; Bd. 3. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Remapping home -- The arrival and the I-94: predicaments for entering and leaving -- Forging states of belonging: migrant memory, nation, and subjectivity in Meena Alexander's memoir Fault lines -- Double displacement, homelessness, and nomadism: questions of belonging in Jhumpa Lahiri's narratives -- Threatening bodies, dangerous knowledge, legal interventions -- The question of returns: irresolution of locations -- Conclusion.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Home in literature.
Displacement (Psychology) in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Feminism in literature.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR9080.5 / .D87 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 820.9