Old World Orders
Amitav Ghosh and the Writing of Nostalgia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4370481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gaurav Desai (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-148 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2004.85.1.125 |
| OpenAlex | W2002672345 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article traces the uses of nostalgia in Amitav Ghosh's In an Antique Land. The all too common structural affinity of such nostalgia with discourses of purity and authenticity is challenged in Ghosh's narrative, where cultural hybridity, racial mixture, and economic exchange appear as privileged terms. Ultimately finding Ghosh's creative use of nostalgia to be politically inspiring, the essay questions which historical processes a nostalgic narrative may elide
Aesthetics · Antique · Art · Hybridity · Literature · Narrative · Sociology · Visual arts · History · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2021 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |