Voicing the Voiceless: Subaltern Consciousness in Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies
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| author | Ghadge, V. V. Mote, R.V |
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| contents | <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span>Abstract</span></em></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Subaltern Studies has significantly reshaped postcolonial literary criticism by foregrounding marginalized communities excluded from dominant historical narratives. Indian English literature increasingly engages with such perspectives by reconstructing histories of caste oppression, labor exploitation, and forced migration. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh revisits nineteenth-century colonial India through the experiences of indentured laborers shaped by the British opium economy. This paper applies Subaltern Studies theory to examine how the novel represents colonial capitalism, displacement, and polyphonic subaltern voices. It argues that Ghosh transforms historical fiction into an alternative historiography by privileging marginalized perspectives and destabilizing elite narratives of empire. Through linguistic hybridity, collective storytelling, and representations of resistance, the novel restores agency to subjects historically rendered invisible.</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> |
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| spellingShingle | Voicing the Voiceless: Subaltern Consciousness in Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies Ghadge, V. V. Mote, R.V Keywords: Subaltern Studies, colonial capitalism, indenture, Indian English fiction, marginality, resistance <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span>Abstract</span></em></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Subaltern Studies has significantly reshaped postcolonial literary criticism by foregrounding marginalized communities excluded from dominant historical narratives. Indian English literature increasingly engages with such perspectives by reconstructing histories of caste oppression, labor exploitation, and forced migration. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh revisits nineteenth-century colonial India through the experiences of indentured laborers shaped by the British opium economy. This paper applies Subaltern Studies theory to examine how the novel represents colonial capitalism, displacement, and polyphonic subaltern voices. It argues that Ghosh transforms historical fiction into an alternative historiography by privileging marginalized perspectives and destabilizing elite narratives of empire. Through linguistic hybridity, collective storytelling, and representations of resistance, the novel restores agency to subjects historically rendered invisible.</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> |
| title | Voicing the Voiceless: Subaltern Consciousness in Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies |
| topic | Keywords: Subaltern Studies, colonial capitalism, indenture, Indian English fiction, marginality, resistance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19531786 |