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And She Wrote Backwards: Same-Sex Love, Gender and Identity in Shani Mootoo’s work and her recent Valmiki’s Daughter

Sissy Helff Sanghamitra Dalal

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This article traces the representation of love, gender and national identity in Shani Mootoo’s creative work in general and her most recent novel Valmiki’s Daughter (2008) in particular. In all her work, Mootoo describes the phenomenon of otherness as a part of the negotiating process of the protagonists' selves.Challenging xenophobia, homophobia and all forms of prejudices the author works with the concept of lesbian and bisexual love, cross-racial relationships in order to write identity and to create a home.

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Geography. Anthropology. Recreation History of Oceania (South Seas)

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Sissy Helff

Sanghamitra Dalal

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Helff, S., Dalal, S. (2012). And She Wrote Backwards: Same-Sex Love, Gender and Identity in Shani Mootoo’s work and her recent Valmiki’s Daughter. https://doi.org/10.1344/co2012948-58

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Tahun Terbit: 2012
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.1344/co2012948-58
Akses: Open Access ✓