“WHAT IS IN A NAME?”: DISLOCATION AND RELOCATION IN THE NAMESAKE

Carine Pereira Marques

doi:10.17851/1982-0739.18.2.19-32

Autores

Carine Pereira Marques Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-0739.18.2.19-32

Palavras-chave:

Postcolonialism, dislocation, relocation, ambivalence

Resumo

This paper analyses Jhumpa Lahiri’s The namesake, focusing on naming as a metaphor for the processes of dislocation and relocation of first and second generation of Indian immigrants in The United States. More specifically, it depicts how an ambivalent, “mimicry” name serves in a successful process of relocation.

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Biografia do Autor

Carine Pereira Marques, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Mestranda em Literaturas de Expressão Inglesa do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos
Literários / UFMG

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