Exploring the transnational in Shauna Singh Baldwin's We Are Not in Pakistan

Title: Exploring the transnational in Shauna Singh Baldwin's We Are Not in Pakistan
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  • Exploration du transnational dans We Are Not in Pakistan de Shauna Singh Baldwin
Source document: The Central European journal of Canadian studies. 2023, vol. 18, iss. [1], pp. 51-61
Extent
51-61
  • ISSN
    1213-7715 (print)
    2336-4556 (online ; pdf)
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Abstract(s)
This paper invites a reading of Shauna Singh Baldwin's short story collection We Are Not in Pakistan (2007) in the context of transnational literary studies. Since Baldwin was born in Canada, raised in India, and presently lives in the United States, with her life experience and the global theme of her writings, she has become a representative figure of the transnational literary scene. Her ability to think in multiple languages and to be familiar with different cultures offers several transnational topics in her writings, like global settings, multicultural characters, cross-cultural mobility, migration, displacement, relocation, and the fluid nature of identity and belonging.
Cet article invite à lire et à envisager le recueil de nouvelles de Shauna Singh Baldwin We Are Not in Pakistan (2007) dans le contexte des études littéraires transnationales. Née au Canada, ayant grandi en Inde et vivant actuellement aux États-Unis, Baldwin est devenue, de par ses expériences personnelles et le thème de ses écrits, une figure représentative de la scène littéraire transnationale. Sa capacité à penser en plusieurs langues et ses connaissances de différentes cultures lui permettent d'aborder dans ses écrits plusieurs thèmes transnationaux, tels que les contextes mondiaux, les personnages multiculturels, la mobilité interculturelle, la migration, le déplacement, la relocalisation et la nature fluide de l'identité et de l'appartenance.
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