Prem Poddar

List of John Benjamins publications for which Prem Poddar plays a role.

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Poddar, Prem 2020 Chapter 2. Translation and transnationality in the Himalaya: Writing Gorkha language and cultureLanguage, Culture and Identity – Signs of Life, Silva Sinha, Vera da, Ana Moreno-Núñez and Zhen Tian (eds.), pp. 23–42 | Chapter
Focusing on migration, translation and diaspora-formation, my chapter explores how Gorkha writing both crystallizes and problematizes postcolonial identities. Gorkhaness hinges on a fulcrum of ambivalence as it seeks to articulate a separate cultural identity away from Nepal and relocate itself… read more