Kala Pani
Aesthetic Deathscapes and the Flow of Water after Indenture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7097264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nalini Mohabir (0000-0002-6016-9225, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 293-314 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2352-3077 • E-ISSN: 2352-3085 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/23523085-00503003 |
| OpenAlex | W2996546224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article focuses on the kala pani (dark waters) as a deathscape particular to indentured labourers and their descendants. Following a historical discussion of representations of the kala pani, the author turns to contemporary artists Maya Mackrandilal and Andil Gosine to explore how their artistic engagements are rerouting the flows of the kala pani away from discourses of caste stigma or the finality of (social) death to a reckoning of past and future time for those living in the diasporic space of North America
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Caste · Maya · Political science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Stigma (botany · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |