Belonging to nowhere: a psychological study of alienation and estrangement in Ramabai Espinet's “The Swinging Bridge” (2003)
Diaspora communities feel alienated because they cannot decide which space they belong to. The notions of identity and home are problematized and characterized by a sense of continuity and discontinuity, a conflict of location and dislocation and a process of hybridization. Espinet's The Swingi...
Main Authors: | Yahya, Salam Hussein, Mani, Manimangai, Bahar, Ida Baizura, Awang, Mohammad Ewan |
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Format: | Article |
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Academy Publication
2022
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