Reading the Postcolonial Island in Amitav Ghosh’s the Hungry Tide

This paper argues that literature has much to contribute to the theoretical work of island studies, and not just because literary texts provide evidence of the ways islands are conceptualized in different historical and cultural contexts. To this end, it discusses Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide (200...

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Main Author: Lisa Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Island Studies Journal 2011-04-01
Series:Island Studies Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.248