Subtitle
Expatriated "Revisions" of the Nation
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
First Advisor
Howkins, Mary Ball
Document Type
Thesis
School
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Date of Original Version
5-2010
Abstract
Analyzes the works of three Sri Lankan expatriates, the writers, Shyam Selvadurai and Michael Ondaatje, and the artist, M.I.A., giving particular attention to Selvadurai's Funny Boy and Ondaatje's Running in the Family, Anil's Ghost, and The Cinnamon Peeler. Though all three have been charged as "inauthentic" due to their dislocated positions, uncovers the various productive and complicated ways Sri Lanka has been configured by those outside its shores.
Recommended Citation
Ariyam, Derick Kirishan, "Imagining Sri Lanka" (2010). Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview. 35.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/etd/35
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