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South Asian Review Volume 32, 2011 - Issue 3: 'On South Asian Diasporas', Guest Edited by B. P. Giri and Priya Kumar
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Redefining Utopia: Negotiating Identities through the Diasporic Body in Shani Mootoo's “Out on Main Street” and “Sushila's Bhakti”

Sucheta M. ChoudhuriUniversity of Houston—Downtown
Pages 71-87 | Published online: 08 Dec 2017

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