Circulation of the discourse of American nationalism through allegiance to consumer citizenship in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
This essay examines South Asian American writer Jhumpa Lahiri’s literary engagement with the re-Orientalization and sexualization of a collective subject described as Indian diaspora within the context of contemporary consumer culture. The essay explores the relationship between Lahiri’s best-sel...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2017
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11627/1/13966-52945-1-PB.pdf |