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South Asian Review Volume 37, 2016 - Issue 1: 'New Directions in South Asian Canadian Literature and Culture', Guest edited by Chandrima Chakraborty and Robin E. Field
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Part I: Constructing South Asian Canadian Identity

Unstable Indianness: Double Diaspora in Ramabai Espinet's The Swinging Bridge and M. G. Vassanji's When She Was Queen

Asha JeffersYork University (Canada)
Pages 31-50 | Published online: 08 Dec 2017

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