Marxist Perspective on Select Fiction By Indian Writers From the Gulf - Narratives of the Permanently Temporary Migrants

This book is a critical literary examination of Indian writing from the Gulf through a Marxist lens, exploring the socio-economic struggles of South Asian migrants. It highlights their exploitation under neoliberal capitalism and marginalization based on disillusionment with assumed and guaranteed prosperity.

List of contents

Quote
Acknowledgments
Preface
List of Acronyms and Book Editions Used
Chapter 1: Busting the Misconceptions of Migration: The Gulf Chapter
Chapter 2: Local Labour v/s Foreign Labour: Understanding the Gulf Social Order
Chapter 3: Decoding Class Politics of the Gulf
Chapter 4: 'Permanently Temporary': Exploring the Dynamics of Time
Chapter 5: Body as an Embodiment of Labour Intensification in the Gulf
Chapter 6: Beyond the Gulf Dream
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Tasnima Yasmin is an Assistant Professor of English at RCC Institute of Information Technology. With a passion for interactive and inter-disciplinary teaching methods, she engages students to hone their English language and technical communication skills. She endeavors to help her students to acquire English language learning techniques through English literature and AI tools, hoping to bridge the gap between language learning and literary exploration. Her expertise and enthusiasm inspire learners to develop critical thinking skills and analytical techniques while encouraging them to read between the lines of narratives from across the globe. Her areas of research interest include Indian Diaspora Literature, Contemporary Diaspora Fiction in Translation and Gulf Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Tasnima Yasmin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032958705
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3295870-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Asia, Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Colonialism & imperialism, Literature: history & criticism, Colonialism and imperialism, Literature: history and criticism, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity