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Tolerance from Below: Unsettling the Sovereign Subject

Simpson, David. 2022. Tolerance from Below: Unsettling the Sovereign Subject. Boundary 2, 49(2), 271–294. https://doi.org/10.1215/01903659-9...

David Simpson David Simpson

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Mobility, Subjectivity and the Poetics of Space-making in the Western Indian Ocean Novels

Literary works by African writers of Asian descent construct the experiences of Asian communities in the western Indian Ocean (East Africa) as counter-narratives that seek to provide alternative and more nuanced accounts of Asian presence in the region.

James Ocita James Ocita
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