Dissertations and Theses

Date of Award

2020

Document Type

Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Robert Higney

Second Advisor

Daniel Gustafson

Keywords

South Asia, Subaltern, Postcolonial, Spirit possession, Archive, Marginalized, Feminism

Abstract

In this paper, I argue how Humayun Ahmed's Debi offers insight into the function that archives play in creating radical nationalism in a country like Bangladesh; how these archives work to consolidate political power for a select few, and how they further subjugate and silence the country’s subalterns.

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