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https://doi.org/10.15291/sic/1.11.lc.2
The Non-Place and the Unhomely in Ken Bugul’s Cacophonie
Anna Swoboda
; University of Silesia, Poland
Sažetak
The aim of the article is to analyze the connection between non-places (as defined by Marc Augé) and unhomeliness (as understood by Homi Bhabha) in Cacophonie by Ken Bugul. The Senegalese writer has been best-known for her depiction of a postcolonial subject, torn between the Western and the African world. However, her last novel thus far, which concentrates on the trajectory of a Senegalese protagonist living in Benin, sheds new light on the notion of migrant identity. The heroine, Sali, does not belong anywhere. Just like most previous Bugulian protagonists, she is always in transit: her identity is one of an uprooted, fragmented subject. By examining the protagonist’s behavior in a public, archetypal non-place (an airport, a plane), as well in a private place (her house), the study strives to show Sali’s perpetual state of unhomeliness.
Ključne riječi
unhomeliness, non-place, postcolonial subject, Ken Bugul
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248283
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Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2020.
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