Discrepant Dimensions of Belonging in Nathacha Appanah’s Tropic of Violence

This article offers a reading of the novel Tropic of Violence by Nathacha Appanah that attends to the question of belonging. The article aims to contribute to criticism of literary depictions of migration within the Indian Ocean and draws on the unique migratory and population dynamics of the island...

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Autor principal: Theron, Cleo Beth (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2024
En: Research in African literatures
Año: 2024, Volumen: 54, Número: 4, Páginas: 56-75
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