Writing in Times of Displacement

The Existential and Other Discourses

John Clammer editor Meera Chakravorty editor Mbuh Tennu Mbuh editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:23rd Dec '22

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Writing in Times of Displacement cover

This book presents diverse, composite, non-exclusive and non-hierarchical perspectives on displacement of people as represented in literature. It examines the experiences of migration as a result of wars, natural disasters, religious strife, loss of livelihoods and shifts in local and global economies and the vulnerabilities they expose.

Bringing together scholarly insights into literature about displacement and migration from Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the book interrogates the development frames of Western modernity and situates displacement within the discourse of disenfranchisement of citizens by nation-states. It explores the experiences, memories and expressions of displacement in literature and how literary works critique ethical and moral responsibilities of states and communities that often do not account for the loss which displacement causes to the health, education, career, or relationships of displaced people.

The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature, philosophy, migration and diaspora studies, development studies, African studies and Asian studies.

ISBN: 9781032198491

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 684g

266 pages