Unbelonging in Postcolonial Literature Kolektif

As one of the outstanding themes in postcolonial studies, the “sense of (un)belonging” covers a broad understanding in cultural and literary texts. In tandem with other terms related to identity, (un)belonging stands out to be an umbrella term that has sparked the initiative behind this thematic collection of chapters in postcolonial literature. Authors of the chapters has endeavored to explore the issue of cultural identity through a number of critical terms to clarify the issue of the sense of (un)belonging in various literary texts. Also, the writers have achieved this exploration not only in the texts written in postcolonial era but in different texts written previously in different literary periods. Readers are assured to be satisfied with the theoretical backgrounds, critical overview of the texts, and to be knowledgeable about this specific literary theory.

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