Goa in Diaspora and in Indian Literature in English

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i30.116798

Keywords:

Goan literature, emigration, Margaret Mascarenhas, Amitav Gosh

Abstract

This paper presents a historical perspective to comprehend the advent of Goan literature in English, highlighting some of its characteristics. Secondly, the dynamics of Goan literature in English is discussed as a literature of diaspora since it is intrinsically connected to routes of emigration by the Goan community. Then, one of the most acknowledged novels in contemporary Goan literature in English, Skin (2010), by Margaret Mascrenhas, is analysed. Finally, this paper addresses two novels by the Indian writer Amitav Gosh, who writes about communities of migrants and seamen in the Indian Ocean, among which the Goan community is represented.

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  • Joana Passos, CEHUM - Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho

    Investigadora auxiliar no CEHUM - Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho

    Doutorada pela Universidade de Utrecht, Holanda, 2003.

     

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Published

2016-12-28

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2016): Goa - literatura e cultura 2

Section

Dossiê 30: Goa - Literatura e Cultura 2

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PASSOS, Joana. Goa in Diaspora and in Indian Literature in English. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 17, n. 2, p. 85–98, 2016. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i30.116798. Disponível em: https://journals.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/116798.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.