Prabhudutta Samal
Biographic Data
| ID | 5154574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Prabhudutta Samal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Prabhudutta |
| FAMILY NAME | Samal |
| SIGNATURE | SAMAL P |
| AFFILIATIONS | KIIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1837-2940 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tourism’s [neo]Colonial Afterlives. Reading Blake C. Scott’s Unpacked
This paper takes Blake C. Scott’s Unpacked: A History of Caribbean Tourism as its central archive to trace the historical continuities that shape contemporary tourism in the Caribbean. It argues that leisure in the region has never been innocent but has functioned as a neocolonial system structured by infrastructures, labor hierarchies, and cultural representations. Scott’s history demonstrates how imperial projects such as the Panama Canal, mosq…
Zambian Futurism and Decolonial Entanglements
This article explores the critical framework of tropical futurisms as presented in Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift (2019), a novel that intertwines Zambia’s colonial past, postcolonial realities, and speculative futures. Serpell’s narrative challenges dominant, Eurocentric historical perspectives and reclaims Zambia’s agency through the themes of decoloniality, ecological resilience, and technological entanglements. By juxtaposing colonial infras…
Queer Narratives and Colonial Injustice
This paper explores the intersection of colonialism, masculinity, and queerness in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Through a decolonial lens, it examines how Díaz critiques the lingering effects of colonialism and dictatorship on Dominican identity, particularly through the ‘fukú’ curse—a symbol of intergenerational trauma. The paper argues that the queering of heterosexuality in the novel challenges rigid gender norms, where O…
Zambian Futurism and Decolonial Entanglements
This article explores the critical framework of tropical futurisms as presented in Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift (2019), a novel that intertwines Zambia’s colonial past, postcolonial realities, and speculative futures. Serpell’s narrative challenges dominant, Eurocentric historical perspectives and reclaims Zambia’s agency through the themes of decoloniality, ecological resilience, and technological entanglements. By juxtaposing colonial infras…
Queer Narratives and Colonial Injustice
This paper explores the intersection of colonialism, masculinity, and queerness in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Through a decolonial lens, it examines how Díaz critiques the lingering effects of colonialism and dictatorship on Dominican identity, particularly through the ‘fukú’ curse—a symbol of intergenerational trauma. The paper argues that the queering of heterosexuality in the novel challenges rigid gender norms, where O…
Queer Narratives and Colonial Injustice
This paper explores the intersection of colonialism, masculinity, and queerness in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Through a decolonial lens, it examines how Díaz critiques the lingering effects of colonialism and dictatorship on Dominican identity, particularly through the ‘fukú’ curse—a symbol of intergenerational trauma. The paper argues that the queering of heterosexuality in the novel challenges rigid gender norms, where O…
Zambian Futurism and Decolonial Entanglements
This article explores the critical framework of tropical futurisms as presented in Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift (2019), a novel that intertwines Zambia’s colonial past, postcolonial realities, and speculative futures. Serpell’s narrative challenges dominant, Eurocentric historical perspectives and reclaims Zambia’s agency through the themes of decoloniality, ecological resilience, and technological entanglements. By juxtaposing colonial infras…
Tourism’s [neo]Colonial Afterlives. Reading Blake C. Scott’s Unpacked
This paper takes Blake C. Scott’s Unpacked: A History of Caribbean Tourism as its central archive to trace the historical continuities that shape contemporary tourism in the Caribbean. It argues that leisure in the region has never been innocent but has functioned as a neocolonial system structured by infrastructures, labor hierarchies, and cultural representations. Scott’s history demonstrates how imperial projects such as the Panama Canal, mosq…
Art (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · American and British Literature Analysis (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Astrobiology (1 work) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 work)