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Veracini, Lorenzo. "Postcolonial Garibaldi?" Modern Italy 24, no. 1 (2018): 99–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mit.2018.44.

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This paper offers an original interpretation of Garibaldi’s political style and imaginary. The aim is to account for Garibaldi’s sustained engagement with the possibility of displacement as an alternative to revolution. It begins in an afternoon on a remote small island between two oceans. Garibaldi was considering his options. When he returned to Italy, he had seriously reflected on the possibility of colonising other places. Colonising had entered the picture. It was a postcolonial Garibaldi.

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Zain ul abdin, Rahma Afzal, Iqra Arshad, and Sayyed Muhammad Huzaifa Hasan. "POSTCOLONIAL TRANSNATIONAL DISPLACEMENT AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY IN EXIT WEST AND BY THE SEA." Contemporary Journal of Social Science Review 3, no. 2 (2025): 2563–73. https://doi.org/10.63878/cjssr.v3i2.880.

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This study explores the complex dynamics of transnational displacement and identity reconstruction in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and Abdulrazak Gurnah’s By the Sea, situating both novels within a postcolonial framework. Through a comparative analysis, it examines how forced migration acts as both a physical and psychological rupture, reshaping individual identities amid cultural dissonance, trauma, and the legacies of colonialism. Hamid’s use of magical realism dismantles traditional notions of borders and nationhood, presenting migration as a fluid and transformative experience, while Gurnah’s

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Zain ul abdin, Rahma Afzal, Iqra Arshad, and Sayyed Muhammad Huzaifa Hasan. "POSTCOLONIAL TRANSNATIONAL DISPLACEMENT AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY IN EXIT WEST AND BY THE SEA." Contemporary Journal of Social Science Review 3, no. 2 (2025): 2921–31. https://doi.org/10.63878/cjssr.v3i2.919.

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This study explores the complex dynamics of transnational displacement and identity reconstruction in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and Abdulrazak Gurnah’s By the Sea, situating both novels within a postcolonial framework. Through a comparative analysis, it examines how forced migration acts as both a physical and psychological rupture, reshaping individual identities amid cultural dissonance, trauma, and the legacies of colonialism. Hamid’s use of magical realism dismantles traditional notions of borders and nationhood, presenting migration as a fluid and transformative experience, while Gurnah’s

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Redclift, Victoria. "Displacement, integration and identity in the postcolonial world." Identities 23, no. 2 (2015): 117–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1070289x.2015.1008001.

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Hamza, Ahsan, Muhammad Touseef, and Muhammad Sulman. "Sweet Rice and Postcolonialism: Uncovering the Layers of Identity, Cultural Hybridity, and Self-independence in Amir Hussain's Short Story." Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature 6, no. 6 (2023): 68–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.51879/pijssl/060610.

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Amir Hussain's stories challenge dominant narratives and explore postcolonial identity. His recipe for sweet rice offers insights into cultural assimilation and the importance of self-discovery. We applied a postcolonial approach whichseek to develop their literary voices in regions once described in colonialism as “primitive” or “savage”. They explore themes of self-independence and cultural displacement, offering critiques of colonialism and its ongoing effects on individual agency and identity. Objectives of this paper include a systematic analysis of the story to unwrap the elements of ide

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Masroor, Unnabi Bhat. "DISPLACEMENT AND FRACTURED IDENTITY IN BRICK LANE." DISPLACEMENT AND FRACTURED IDENTITY IN BRICK LANE 8, no. 3 (2024): 129–32. https://doi.org/10.36993/ RJOE.2023.8.3.132.

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Every post-colonial communitystruggles with the issue of identity, it wouldnot be exaggeration to say that this is themost controversial and important topic tocome out of the post-colonial age andliterature. The crisis came to the surface dueto the circumstances of the post-colonialage and the challenging situations thatchallenge newly emancipated nations andcountries in their search for andconstruction of self-identity. The issue ofidentity is not a clear and fixed concept as itmay be imagined. The Oxford EnglishDictionary defines "identity" as the fact ofbeing who or what a person or thing i

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GUERMIT, Djihad, Mohamed AFKIR, and Ibtissam TOUHAMI. "The Examination of Stuart Hall’s Postcolonial Perspective on Displacement and Identity Discontinuity in Fadia Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove (2007)." ALTRALANG Journal 5, no. 3 (2023): 230–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.52919/altralang.v5i3.364.

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Displacement is a key concept in postcolonial Diaspora literature that interprets the transition from the motherland, native culture, traditions, and native language to a different setting. Such geographical, cultural and psychological transitions result in an identity crisis, fragmentation and discontinuity. The objective of this study is to investigate, in Fadia Faqir's The Cry of the Dove, the process of identity development amid displacement of a female Arab Muslim in a postcolonial setting. Using Stuart Hall's theory of Cultural Identity and Diaspora, this article applies a postmodern rea

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Saima Yousaf Khan, Saman Salah, and Rubina Masum. "Ecocriticism and the Postcolonial Landscape: War, Displacement, and Environmental Devastation in Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows." Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies 3, no. 1 (2025): 307–23. https://doi.org/10.71281/jals.v3i1.223.

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Emerging Through an ecocritical and postcolonial perspective this research studies how war together with colonialism and forced migration led to environmental destruction in Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows (2009). Through the linked historical narratives of Japan, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan the novel explores how nuclear warfare and imperial expansion, and geopolitical tensions continuously damage human lives together with natural geographical environments. The research explains how the novel displays war-devastated environments to illustrate how environmental destruction mirrors the traum

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Kanojia, Atul Kumar. "Postcolonial Literature in World Cinema: A Review of Themes, Representation, and Cultural Translation." Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities 5, no. 2 (2025): 311–14. https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.5.2.42.

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Postcolonial literature has emerged as a significant mode of expression for nations and communities recovering from colonial domination. When such literature is adapted into world cinema, the narratives are not only transformed into visual media but also undergo cultural translation, reframing local struggles for global audiences. This literature review analyzes how themes from postcolonial texts—such as identity, hybridity, resistance, marginality, and cultural displacement—are portrayed in world cinema. By reviewing critical literature and case studies, this paper examines how filmmakers bal

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Dwivedi, Akhilesh Kumar, and Brajesh Verma. "Identity Crises and Culture Displacement in Arundhati Roy's and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Fiction." International Journal for Social Studies 11, no. 2 (2025): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14962209.

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<em>The impact of cultural dislocation and the quest for identity are major themes in Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s and Arundhati Roy’s writing. The psychological and social upheaval of people torn between opposing cultural influences, colonial legacies, and evolving ideas of selfhood is explored in their novels. This study looks at how shattered identities are portrayed in The God of Small Things and Heat and Dust, emphasizing the conflict between modernity and tradition, as well as between alienation and belonging. </em><em>Through a comparative analysis, the study reveals how both writ

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Dr. Rafiq Nawab, Dr. Riaz Hussain, and Gul Aizaz. "Beyond the Colonial Veil: Unveiling the Socio-Psychological Impact of Postcolonialism on Youth and Children in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Cracking India." Journal for Social Science Archives 3, no. 1 (2025): 1090–103. https://doi.org/10.59075/jssa.v3i1.190.

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This paper employs a postcolonial lens to explore the social and psychological impact of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, on youth and children’s characters as reflected in Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel Cracking India. Historical and cultural differences, issues of place and displacement, and the myths of identity and authenticity are common features of postcolonial literature in English. Equally, this paper analyzes the postcolonial elements such as identity crises, displacement, othering, cultural and religious differences, and resistance; and its socio-psychological impact on young

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Saeed, Najwa Mohammed, and Baleid Taha Shamsan. "Portrayal of Postcolonial Afghanistan and Postcolonial Themes of Identity, Displacement, and Cultural Conflict in The Kite Runner." مجلة العلوم التربوية و الدراسات الإنسانية, no. 46 (May 24, 2025): 905–31. https://doi.org/10.55074/hesj.vi46.1413.

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This study intends to provide a compendium of academic analyses regarding the post-colonial interpretation of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. This indicates that identity, trauma, cultural tensions, and concerns are confronted by the diverse critics of the diaspora. These reviewers argued that class, gender, and ethnic identity concerns in Afghanistan are pertinent to the themes of exile and belonging in The Kite Runner. The anthology encompasses diverse perspectives-cultural, political, and historical - on The Kite Runner, in addition to an extensive discourse on postcolonial theory and li

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Gallien, Claire. "Forcing displacement: The postcolonial interventions of refugee literature and arts." Journal of Postcolonial Writing 54, no. 6 (2018): 735–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2018.1551268.

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Shutzer, Megan Anne. "The Politics of Home: Displacement and Resettlement in Postcolonial Kenya." African Studies 71, no. 3 (2012): 346–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2012.740879.

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Muhammad Salman, Zain ul abdin, Sabahat Farzeen, and Iqra Arshad. "NEOLIBERAL HUMANITARIANISM AND POSTCOLONIAL DISPLACEMENT IN THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO." Contemporary Journal of Social Science Review 3, no. 3 (2025): 288–79. https://doi.org/10.63878/cjssr.v3i3.966.

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In an age of escalating displacement driven by war, persecution, and economic inequality, the figure of the refugee has become central to postcolonial narratives. The Beekeeper of Aleppo (2019) by Christy Lefteri offers a powerful literary exploration of forced migration, trauma, and survival, while simultaneously critiquing the structures of neoliberal humanitarianism that claim to aid refugees. This paper analyzes how Lefteri’s novel reveals the contradictions and limitations of global humanitarian efforts, showing how refugees are often controlled, commodified, and reduced to cases within a

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Jindal, Ms Akshi, Dr Surbhi Saraswat, and Dr Anita Sharma. "Tidal Histories: Environmental Displacement and Subaltern Ecologies in Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide." International Journal of Environmental Sciences 11, no. 12s (2025): 318–27. https://doi.org/10.64252/dgxyag48.

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This article studies Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide as a critical intervention in postcolonial environmental historiography, with a focus on the environmentally and politically contested Sundarbans. The territory, shaped by colonial cartographic violence, post-independence conservation regimes, and ongoing climate disasters, acts as a palimpsest of erasure and resistance. Ghosh reanimates this territory with a multidimensional narrative that uncovers hidden histories and challenges prevailing paradigms of ecological management. Using frameworks from postcolonial historiography (Said, Spivak),

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Hossain, Mujaffar, and Prasenjit Panda. "Emancipating the Bracketed Self: Articulating Transcultural and Transnational Identity in Sunetra Gupta’s Memories of Rain." New Literaria 03, no. 02 (2022): 149–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.48189/nl.2022.v03i2.017.

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The postcolonial diasporic writers’ favourite trend is diaspora, dislocation, and memory. Women Indian writers living in host countries are far more advanced in this discipline than male writers. Their narratives are reminiscent of the past they left behind, as well as a reflection of the challenges they face in articulating new identities in the host country. Memories of Rain (1992) by Sunetra Gupta is a complicated and difficult postcolonial novel about numerous facets of migration and diaspora, including displacement, acculturation, transculture, and transnationality. Gupta illustrates inte

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Prasai, Surya Bahadur. "Cultural Displacement in V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas." Batuk 9, no. 1 (2023): 106–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/batuk.v9i1.51903.

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This paper examines the literary text A House for Mr. Biswas in order to explore psychological, geographical, cultural and social alienation and displacement of the migrant people. It makes exploration of how the central character, Mohan Biswas makes the search for identity based on cultural root. Displacement gives birth to the feeling of rootness. Biswas is displaced again and again exclusively as well as inclusively. The people who migrate to other countries for any reason feel the nostalgia for their homeland left behind and a feeling of fear on the strange land that gives birth to the fee

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Pinazza, Natália. "Transnationality and transitionality." Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, no. 1 (August 17, 2011): 8–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/alpha.1.02.

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This article examines Sandra Kogut’s The Hungarian Passport (2001) in the light of recent theoretical debates on diasporic and postcolonial filmmaking. It focuses on how Kogut’s displacement—both as the granddaughter of Jewish refugees and a foreigner in France—permeates the structure of the documentary in terms of narrative, visual style, subject matter and theme. In the process, the article addresses questions of transnational cinema in a postcolonial and diasporic context by exploring how the film’s transnational representations interrogate the validity of both national cinema and cultural

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Ependi, Suryadi, and Suroso Suroso. "The Study of Postcolonial Feminism: When Humans Are Displaced in the Novel Bumi Manusia Dan Anak Semua Bangsa by Promedya Ananta Toer." International Journal of Social Science Research and Review 6, no. 6 (2023): 554–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v6i6.1351.

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Research shows that women were victimized during the colonial period. This type of research is library research using qualitative descriptive methods with postcolonial feminism studies. The data from this research are in the form of words and sentences related to the displacement of women in the realm of colonialism. The results of the research show that women in the novel Bumi Manusia dan Anak Semua Bangsa by Promedya Ananta Toer, the study of Postcolonial Faminism, experienced oppression and resistance by women against Dutch colonialism, including marginalization, freedom and sexual harassme

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Khan, Hadia. "Postcolonial Identity in the Works of Bapsi Sidhwa and Mohsin Hamid." Advance Social Science Archive Journal 3, no. 2 (2025): 1451–58. https://doi.org/10.55966/assaj.2025.3.2.025.

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This article examines the portrayal of postcolonial identity in the works of Pakistani authors Bapsi Sidhwa and Mohsin Hamid, highlighting their unique yet complementary perspectives on cultural hybridity, displacement, and resistance. Sidhwa’s narratives, such asIce-Candy-ManandThe Crow Eaters, delve into the trauma of Partition and the struggles of marginalized communities, particularly women and minorities, to reclaim agency amid colonial legacies. In contrast, Hamid’sThe Reluctant FundamentalistandExit Westexplore globalization and diaspora, focusing on the alienation of Muslim identities

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D.R, Persis Mahima, and S. Felicia Gladys Sathiadevi. "The Legacy of Colonialism and the Struggle for Identity: Postcolonial Trauma in Aravind Adiga’s the White Tiger." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 12, S1 (2024): 70–74. https://doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v12is1.8339.

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Postcolonial trauma, refers to the enduring psychological and social scars left by colonialism and its aftermath. In postcolonial contexts, trauma manifests in various forms personal, communal and cultural. It often results from systematic violence, displacement and historical injustices imposed by the colonizers. The purpose of the study is to focus on postcolonial trauma, and to describe how the lasting affects of colonialism permeate the narrative, shaping characters, identities and their societal struggles. Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize winning novel The White Tiger (2008) presents real

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Carmona Rodríguez, Pedro. ""En Route" : narratives of travel and displacement in contemporary Canadian writing." Journal of English Studies 3 (May 29, 2002): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.18172/jes.67.

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From a fictional as well as a theoretical point of view, the present interest in travel is a consequence of the increasing relevance of postcolonial discourses and the ongoing processes of cultural transference and globalisation. These phenomena have resulted in a re-conceptualisation of notions of identity, location, place and site, which foster, in turn, the rethinking of terms like home, margin and periphery. Most of these have been targeted by post-structuralist and postcolonial theories in their attempt at disrupting unified and imperialist conceptions of subjectivity and place. In Canadi

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Dwivedi, Akhilesh Kumar, and Brajesh Verma. "Postmodern Themes in Arundhati Roy's and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Novels." International Journal of Research 12, no. 3 (2025): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14962068.

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<em>This essay analyzes the postmodern elements in the works of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Arundhati Roy, examining how both authors reflect the intricacies of postcolonial societies. Despite differences in their settings and writing styles, their narratives incorporate postmodern techniques such as non-linear structures, fragmentation, and a challenge to grand narratives, enabling them to explore issues related to history, power, and identity in postcolonial contexts. One key postmodern theme in both authors’ works is hybridity, which highlights the dynamic and often contradictory identit

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ALI, Imad OILAD. "The Postcolonial Unconscious in North African Migrant Fiction." International Journal of Language and Literary Studies 6, no. 3 (2024): 466–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v6i3.1872.

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The impact of the postcolonial unconscious on North African migrant fiction has been extensively explored and revealed through both theoretical frameworks and literary practices throughout the postcolonial era. Scholars and writers alike have delved into how the psychological remnants of colonialism continue to influence the narratives, themes, and character development in this body of work. This ongoing examination highlights the deep-seated cultural and psychological legacies that shape the identities and experiences of both individuals and communities within North African migrant literature

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Aung, Geoffrey. "Postcolonial Capitalism and the Politics of Dispossession." European Journal of East Asian Studies 17, no. 2 (2018): 193–227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700615-01702006.

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Abstract This article examines the trajectory of struggles over land and resources in Dawei, a town in southern Myanmar. The site of a major special economic zone project, Dawei has seen sustained mobilisation around displacement, dispossession and environmental degradation, against the backdrop of national political and economic reforms. Recently, scholars have argued that earlier visions of postcolonial transition have lost their empirical and political purchase, as farmers dispossessed of land increasingly become excluded from formal capitalist production. What happens to politics and polit

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Sharify, Somaye, and Nasser Maleki. "Semiotics of Clothes in Postcolonial Literature." Chinese Semiotic Studies 16, no. 2 (2020): 203–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/css-2020-0011.

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AbstractThe present study intends to examine the link between clothes and cultural identities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Hema and Kaushik” (2008). It will argue that Lahiri explores her protagonists’ cultural displacement through their items of clothing. We want to suggest that the protagonists’ clothes are employed in each narrative as signifiers for the characters’ cultural identities. The study will further show that each item of clothing could be loaded with the ideological signification of two separate cultures. In other words, it aims to demonstrate how ideology imposes its values, beliefs, and

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Johora, Lailatuz, and S. M. Sabbih Hossain. "NAIPAUL'S A HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS: A STUDY OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF CULTURAL IDENTITY AND EXISTENTIAL STRUGGLE." International Journal of Education Humanities and Social Science 07, no. 05 (2024): 01–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.54922/ijehss.2024.0778.

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This article examines V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas, focusing on the intertwined themes of assimilation, acculturation, displacement, and desolation in the context of post-colonial Trinidad. The novel, a poignant narrative of the protagonist Mohun Biswas, delves into the complexities of cultural identity and the existential struggles faced by individuals navigating the remnants of colonial rule. Mr. Biswas’s relentless quest for a house symbolizes his yearning for stability, autonomy, and self-worth amidst the socio-cultural constraints imposed by both his ancestral heritage and the co

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Harish, Iyer Ambica, and Dr Dinesh Kumar G. "A Postcolonial Exploration of H.S Shekar’s The Adivasi Will Not Dance." International Journal of English and Studies 07, no. 04 (2025): 41–46. https://doi.org/10.47311/ijoes.2025.7.04.46.

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Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s The Adivasi Will Not Dance explores the themes of cultural identity, social status, and emotional resilience within the Adivasi community, highlighting their struggles with displacement, marginalization, and cultural erasure. Through the selected short stories, They Eat Meat, Sons, Divine Divination and Death, and The Adivasi Will Not Dance, H. S. Shekhar portrays how the Adivasis navigate identity crises while resisting socio-political oppression. This research examines how the vestiges of colonialism continue to pervade contemporary socio-economic structures, perpe

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Hamdoune, Yassine, and Abdelghani El Khairat. "Borders and Cultural Identification in Leila Aboulela’s Novel the Translator." International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation 7, no. 10 (2024): 149–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2024.7.10.15.

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This paper examines the reversed aspects of borders as constructed and constructing discourses in Leila Aboulela’s the Translator while tracing the configurations of Stuart Hall’s concept of ‘cultural identification’ and numerous ‘border’ experiences as pinpointed by Johan Schimanski and Stephen Wolfe. The paper demonstrates that practicing cultural identification depends on experiencing borders. It unravels the recurring alterations of postcolonial subjectivity to demonstrate both the invalidity of cultural identity in addressing the postcolonial subject and the necessity of cultural identifi

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El Bagoury, Mahmoud. "Mahmoud Darwish and the Quest for a Postcolonial Utopia: Israel's War on Gaza and Reimagining the Colonial Waste Land." Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies 23, no. 1 (2024): 109–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/hlps.2024.0328.

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This article investigates how Mahmoud Darwish introduces a postcolonial utopian rhetoric whereby Israelis and Palestinians would create a better milieu than what presently exists by adopting new human and universal commonalities and by eliminating what Fredric Jameson labels ‘the root of all evil’. Israel's current colonial project against Gaza as forced displacement can be deconstructed through such rhetoric. Darwish's postcolonial utopia aligns with Bill Ashcroft's appeal to the creation of a better world free from hate, categorisation and the desire for annihilation. Strangely, Gaza's anti-

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Dr., Soham Chaudhary. "Fragmented Memories: The Negotiation of Identity in Aamina Ahmad's The Return of Faraz Ali." Criterion: An International Journal in English 15, no. 6 (2024): 331–39. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14606015.

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It often serves as loci in fragmented memories in negotiating identity in postcolonial narratives. The intersecting individual and collective histories in the personal past of individuals make the nuanced interplay between memory and identity fascinating. This paper seeks to explore this interplay in Aamina Ahmad's The Return of Faraz Ali, with a protagonist torn between the duties of a police officer and unresolved trauma in the past. While much research on postcolonial literature has explored displacement and hybridity, fragmented memories in mediating identity have not been given much atten

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Nawab, Rafiq, Nimra Khalil, and Sundas Naz Gul. "Colonial Echoes and Youthful Mind: A Socio-Psychological Reading of Postcolonial Impact in “Iranian Nights”." Journal of Asian Development Studies 13, no. 4 (2024): 1206–15. https://doi.org/10.62345/jads.2024.13.4.98.

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This paper employs a postcolonial lens to explore the social and psychological impact on the young character of Ahmad (Representing immigrant eastern youth in the West) as reflected in the play Iranian Nights by Tariq Ali and Howard Brenton. Historical and cultural differences, issues of place and displacement, and the myths of identity and authenticity are standard features of postcolonial literature in English. Equally, this paper analyses the postcolonial elements such as identity crises, othering, cultural and religious differences, and resistance, and their socio psychological impact on a

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Montes Villar, Luisa. "Altérités spatiales dans le roman postcolonial : « l’ailleurs » et « le nulle part » dans Les nègres n’iront jamais au paradis de Tanella Boni." Çédille, no. 26 (2024): 147–62. https://doi.org/10.25145/j.cedille.2024.26.09.

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In the postcolonial novel, expressions linked to displacement take on a predominant dimension. On the one hand, they sketch out transitional and passing geographical, temporal and symbolic spaces. On the other, they describe and delimit the place of the coloniser in relation to that of the colonised. This spatio-temporal division highlights a spatial otherness that emerges acutely in the novel Les nègres n’iront jamais au paradis (Le Serpent à plumes, 2006), by the Ivorian writer Tanella Boni. This contribution analyses notions such as «l’ailleurs» (‘elsewhere’) and «le nulle part» (‘nowhere’)

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Ashok, Kumar Pathania, Anshu Raj Purohit Dr., and Subhash Verma Dr. "History of Early Colonization and Displacement of the Aboriginals: Oscar and Lucinda." International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Configuration 1, No. 2, April, 2021 (2021): 35–40. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4725820.

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<strong>Abstract:</strong> <strong><em>The post colonial literature questions the legitimacy and completeness of history written in form of the chronicles of kings, princes, privileged ruling elites and the colonial and imperial ways of ruling the weaker territories across the world. Such power based narratives of the rulers, also termed as ‘mainstream history’, offer, either less space, for the indigenous, ‘subalterns’ or the conquered, or misrepresented them as the black, inferiors, uncivilized or aboriginals. The mainstreaming of history in this sense is the authorit

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Roșcan, Nina. "Childhood Trauma in Maya Angelou’s Autobiographical Fiction – Abuse and Displacement." University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 9, no. 1 (2020): 33–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.31178/ubr.9.1.4.

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The article discusses how trauma is represented in Maya Angelou’s autobiographical fiction, one of the most important themes in all her seven autobiographical novels and an African American feminist marginalized experience that speaks about the intensity and effects of women’s oppression. It explores how the novelist locates traumatic affects in the protagonist, and suggests that Frantz Fanon’s model of racial trauma in Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth remains essential for the interpretation of postcolonial texts. My purpose is to explore the different juxtapositions that

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Nwakanma, Obi. "Okigbo Agonistes: Postcolonial Subjectivity in "Limits" and "Distances"." Matatu 33, no. 1 (2006): 327–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18757421-033001037.

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Among Africa's leading twentieth-century poets, Christopher Okigbo occupies a most interesting space. Born to Igbo Roman Catholic parents in Eastern Nigeria, Okigbo studied the Classics and began to write poetry as a means of re-identification with his primal world. Yet both his life and his poetry staked a claim to a universalist impulse, and, as a colonial subject interpreting the postcolonial moment, Okigbo rejected a narrow, essentialist categorization of either himself or his poetry. He rejected the Africa Prize in 1966, claiming that "there is no such thing as African poetry, there is on

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Khoroshevskaya, Yuliya Pavlovna. "Landscape as the Other in postcolonial science fiction." Philology. Theory & Practice 17, no. 11 (2024): 4087–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.30853/phil20240577.

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Through the use of landscape and its disorienting properties in science fiction texts, the interaction of the hero with the environment in the process of identity formation becomes especially evident. The landscape, acting as a stranger, can either strengthen the identity of those who are in it, or, more often, alienate them and provoke a crisis or complete loss of identity for the characters. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify the features of the representation of landscape as one of the forms of embodiment of the Other in postcolonial science fiction, and its influence on the id

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Ghania Khan, Dr. Ayesha Ashraf, and Shafqat Naseem. "Postcolonial Dimensions in Iqbal’s the Bird’s Complaint and Darwich’s I Belong There: A Comparative Analysis." Social Science Review Archives 2, no. 2 (2024): 2424–31. https://doi.org/10.70670/sra.v2i2.755.

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The study aims to explore the Postcolonial elements in the Selected poems of Iqbal and Darwish. Specifically, it intends to analyze the postcolonial themes of exile, displacement, belonging, homelessness, and the consequences of the sub-themes of sadness, loss, and Identity crises in the Selected poems of two national poets of Pakistan and Palestine. Both poems show the longing of the colonized for Home and belonging in their scenarios. The study highlights the quest of the oppressed Muslims of the subcontinent and Palestine for home and identity. Edward Said’s concepts are used as a theoretic

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DR, RACHANA MISHRA. "VOICES IN THE SHADOWS: KAMALA MARKANDAYA'S REPRESENTATION OF WOMANHOOD IN POSTCOLONIAL INDIAWITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NECTAR IN A SIEVE, THE NOWHERE MAN, AND TWO VIRGINS." International Educational Scientific Research Journal 11, no. 2 (2025): 57–59. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15221338.

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<strong>This research paper explores the nuanced representation of womanhood in postcolonial India through the lens of Kamala Markandaya’s fiction, with special reference to <em>Nectar in a Sieve</em>, <em>The Nowhere Man</em>, and <em>Two Virgins</em>. Markandaya, a seminal voice in Indian English literature, crafts female characters who inhabit the margins of a society grappling with rapid socio-political change. Rather than overt rebellion, her protagonists exhibit quiet resilience and subtle forms of resistance in their struggle against patriarchy, poverty, cultural displacement, and

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Saharia, Dr Neetu. "From Colonial Wounds to Global Displacement: A Postcolonial Reading of “Imaan Imaan Paani”." International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR) 2, no. 4 (2025): 106–15. https://doi.org/10.70558/ijssr.2025.v2.i4.30459.

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Adams, Mick, Kootsy (Justin) Canuto, Neil Drew, and Jesse John Fleay. "Postcolonial Traumatic Stresses among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians." ab-Original 3, no. 2 (2020): 233–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/aboriginal.3.2.233.

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Abstract The mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in Australia is often misunderstood, mainly because it has been poorly researched. When analyzing the quality of life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males, it is crucial to consider the associated factors that have directly and indirectly contributed to their poor health and wellbeing, that is, the effects of colonization, the interruption of cultural practices, displacement of societies, taking away of traditional homelands and forceful removal of children (assimilation and other policies). The displacement of

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Lowry, James. "“Displaced archives”: proposing a research agenda." Archival Science 19, no. 4 (2019): 349–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10502-019-09326-8.

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Abstract In the opening keynote speech at the Eighth International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA 8) in Melbourne, Australia, the author provided an overview of archival displacement as an historical phenomenon, before concentrating on postcolonial cases and arguing for a fuller global history of the displacement of archives during decolonisation. The talk concluded with some thoughts on future directions for research on displaced archives. Understanding the term “displaced archives” to refer to any records that have been removed from the context of their creation a

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Neimneh, Shadi S., and Halla A. Shureteh. "Edward Said’s Memoir Out of Place: Postcolonial Tenets, Dissonant Voices, and Divided Loyalties." World Journal of English Language 11, no. 2 (2021): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v11n2p19.

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Edward Said’s Out of Place (1999), a memoir written after his diagnosis with leukemia in 1991, was begun in 1994 to document his sense of cultural displacement and imminent death. This article examines the divided loyalties and dissonant voices Said vents in this book through the lens of cultural theories. It argues that such a conflicting vision can provide a proper context for understanding Said’s contributions to cultural studies and literary theory via the construction of the other, the out of place, at the levels of language, religion, environment, and homeland. Said presents himself as a

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P.Bhuvaneshwari and Dr.K.Nagarathinam. "Globalization and Colonial Legacy: Negotiating Postcolonial Identity in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss." International Journal of English and Studies 07, no. 04 (2025): 156–64. https://doi.org/10.47311/ijoes.2025.7.04.164.

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Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss (2006) is a powerful literary exploration of the intersection between colonial history and globalization, shedding light on the persistent struggles of postcolonial subjects. The novel navigates themes of displacement, economic disparity, cultural alienation, and fractured identities, illustrating how the remnants of colonial rule continue to shape individual experiences in a rapidly globalizing world. By intertwining the lives of characters from different social and economic backgroundsincluding Judge Jemubhai Patel, Sai, Biju, and Gyan-Desai critiques th

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Purnojit, Haldar. "Regional Utopian Impulses in Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's Aranyak and Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay's The Tale of Hansuli Turn and Kalindi." Criterion: An International Journal in English 16, no. 1 (2025): 697–716. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14978906.

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This article draws on theories of utopia, distinguishing between concepts of utopian expressions and the specific idea of utopia as an idealized space. This article argues that the concept of utopianism has led to the emergence of new areas in postcolonial studies. The term utopia traditionally signifies either a ‘good place’ or ‘no place,’ representing an idealized society characterized by harmony, equitable distribution of resources, balanced labour and knowledge systems. In postcolonial studies, utopia extends beyond economic and cultural equity to encompass alternat

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Narinder, K. Sharma, and Niharika. "Afrocentricity, Pan-Africanism, and Creole Identity in the Poetry of Edward Kamau Brathwaite." Criterion: An International Journal in English 16, no. 2 (2025): 1071–82. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15320879.

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Edward Kamau Brathwaite’s poetry is a powerful site for rejuvenating African cultural identity within the Caribbean literary landscape. His engagement with ideas such as Afrocentricity, Pan-Africanism, and Creole language challenges Eurocentric historical narratives. In this context, this paper explores Brathwaite’s poetic expression using Asante’s Afrocentric theory, Fanon’s postcolonial discourse, and Irigaray’s feminist critique and examines how his works negotiate themes of displacement, linguistic reclamation, and cultural memory. The paper also attempts to m

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Schutte, Ofelia. "Cultural Alterity: Cross-Cultural Communication and Feminist Theory in North-South Contexts." Hypatia 13, no. 2 (1998): 53–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1998.tb01225.x.

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How to communicate with “the other” who is culturally different from oneself is one of the greatest challenges facing North-South relations. This paper builds on existential-phenomenological and poststructuralist concepts of alterity and difference to strengthen the position of Latina and other subaltern speakers in North-South dialogue. It defends a postcolonial approach to feminist theory as a basis for negotiating culturally differentiated feminist positions in this age of accelerated globalization, migration, and displacement.

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Ambrose, M. C., and Lourdusamy A. "Review of Displacement, Space, and Identity in the Postcolonial Novels of Jhumpa Lahiri, Rohinton Mistry and Manju Kapur." International Journal of Management, Technology, and Social Sciences (IJMTS) 7, no. 1 (2022): 354–72. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6502009.

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<strong>Purpose:</strong><em> This study focuses on the themes of displacement, space, and identity depicted in the post-colonial novels of Jhumpa Lahiri, Rohinton Mistry, and Manju Kapur. Post-colonial writings, particularly novels, deal with two major issues concerning the ‘modern people’ - displacement and search for identity. This study tries to analyze the treatment of these themes in the selected novels of the authors selected for the study.</em> <strong>Design/Methodology/Approach</strong>:<em> For the study, many research articles, books, and research theses have been revie

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Ikbal, Muhammad, and Sudibyo Sudibyo. "<em>POST-SPACE</em> SEBAGAI BENTUK PERLAWANAN IMIGRAN TERHADAP TATANAN KOLONIAL DALAM NOVEL <em>BRICK LANE</em> KARYA MONICA ALI." ATAVISME 25, no. 2 (2022): 139–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.24257/atavisme.v25i2.727.139-152.

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Brick Lane's is a post-colonial literary work that raises the issues of the Bangladeshi diaspora in England. The raise of diaspora writers who settled in Europe and America has colored modern world literature. The ideas of diaspora writers do not only present works with monolithic ideas, they have also presented various spatial constructions and identities about immigrants living in the Western world. This research was conducted as an effort to answer the formulation of the problem as follows: (1). What is the postcolonial spatial response in Brick Lane Monica Ali's novel? (2). How about urban

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