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	Dangers in the Desert: Jean Arasanayagam's "The Sand Serpents"
	Paul, Premila
通讯作者	Paul, P
来源期刊	ASIATIC-IIUM JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
ISSN	1985-3106
出版年	2012
卷号	6 期号:1 页码:126-131
英文摘要	This essay analyses Jean Arasanayagam's depiction of domestic labour abroad (through the consciousness of Nanda during a taxi ride) in "The Sand Serpents." Unlike the western dream, migration to the Middle East is a means of investment in Sri Lanka for a domestic help. The ultimate dream is to return home. The contrasting images of openness and constriction bring out Nanda's responses to homeland and desert land; success and failure. The renewed perspective of home privileges normalcy and routine over money and excitement. The essay discusses areas of collision between the workspace of a domestic maid and the private space of the employer that condition power relations and behaviour patterns. The language of communication is rendered irrelevant. Ultimately the story affirms Nanda's self-knowledge and rootedness in her own homeland.
英文关键词	The Sand Serpents, Jean Arasanayagam Sri Lanka domestic labour export dream to return future in homeland
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000422016600013
WOS类目	Literature
WOS研究方向	Literature
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/330151
作者单位	[Paul, Premila] Amer Coll, English Literature, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Paul, Premila. Dangers in the Desert: Jean Arasanayagam's "The Sand Serpents"[J],2012,6(1):126-131.
APA	Paul, Premila.(2012).Dangers in the Desert: Jean Arasanayagam's "The Sand Serpents".ASIATIC-IIUM JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE,6(1),126-131.
MLA	Paul, Premila."Dangers in the Desert: Jean Arasanayagam's "The Sand Serpents"".ASIATIC-IIUM JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 6.1(2012):126-131.

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