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REPRESENTATION OF DIASPORIC IDENTITY IN NADEEM ASLAMS MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS AND KAMILA SHAMSIES HOME FIRE

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Representation of Diasporic Identity in Nadeem Aslam's Maps For Lost Lovers and Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire

Abstract

    he current research analyzes Nadeem Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lovers and Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire in the light of the concept of ambivalence, hybridity, and mimicry, and the way these texts establish a connection with trans-culturalism, terrorism, and Islamophobia. If Shamsie’s novel Home Fire highlights the issue of fundamentalism and its effect on the distorted image of Muslim immigrants, similarly, Aslam's counsels cultural
    hybridity among diversity and heterogeneity for lasting peace and prosperity in diasporic societies. The present study not only explores the feelings of alienation, ambivalence and interdependency of trans-culturalism but also
    sheds impartial light on the clash of cultures and the subsequent issues, such as subjugation, exploitation, victimization, and injustice meted out to the Muslim Community across the globe on foreign soil. The researchers have adapted qualitative and descriptive methods while relying on the thorough reading of the selected British-Asian novels as well as the related critical reviews.

    Diaspora Identity, Nadeem Aslam, Map for Lost Lovers, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Novels

    (1) Muhammad Saqib
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Buner, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Mustanir Ahmad
    Associate Professor, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Laraib Rahat
    Lecturer, English Department, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Saqib, M., Ahmad, M., & Rahat, L. (2022). Representation of Diasporic Identity in Nadeem Aslam's Maps For Lost Lovers and Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire. Global Social Sciences Review, VII(II), 520-531. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).50

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    CHICAGO : Saqib, Muhammad, Mustanir Ahmad, and Laraib Rahat. 2022. "Representation of Diasporic Identity in Nadeem Aslam's Maps For Lost Lovers and Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Social Sciences Review, VII (II): 520-531 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).50

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    HARVARD : SAQIB, M., AHMAD, M. & RAHAT, L. 2022. Representation of Diasporic Identity in Nadeem Aslam's Maps For Lost Lovers and Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire. Global Social Sciences Review, VII, 520-531.

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    TURABIAN : Saqib, Muhammad, Mustanir Ahmad, and Laraib Rahat. "Representation of Diasporic Identity in Nadeem Aslam's Maps For Lost Lovers and Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Social Sciences Review VII, no. II (2022): 520-531. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).50