Future Past I Am a Coolie-Al…and I Reside as an Invisible Island Inside the Ocean: Tidalectics, Transoceanic Crossings, Coolitude and a Tamil Identity
The politics of Tamil working-class identity in Malaysia continue to be articulated in subaltern terms, employing term such as ‘coolie’, which is elsewhere an archaic usage from colonial days. Yet the power of the coolie narrative appears salient, and the coolie odyssey is far from over. Drawing upo...
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Island Studies Journal
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Island Studies Journal |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.159 |