The Crisis of Climate and Immigration in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island

Trina BOSE; Amrita SATAPATHY

doi:https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-871879

Makale detayları

The Crisis of Climate and Immigration in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island

Yazarlar:

Trina BOSE | Amrita SATAPATHY

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebiyat

Dergi:

Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 2021 Vol.31 Issue 2, pp.473-489

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000516118

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2602-2117

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-871879

Özet:

 

Human migration, a socio-political phenomenon in contemporary times, refers to the journey of people across international borders or within their own country. Such journeys arise from varied ecological, social, political, religious, and economic factors. “In this globalize (sic) world, where everything seems to be global, migration is also changing its nature and forms which it takes” (UKEssays, 2018, para. 4). Even though human migration is not new, “undocumented, unauthorized, or illegal migration is a recent phenomenon” (Donato & Massey, 2016, p. 9). Illegal immigrants who undergo political unrest and social turmoil during migration are often sufferers of identity crisis, imprisonment, torture, and exploitation through bonded labour. Falsification of identity papers, drug and arms trafficking, forced prostitution, and human trafficking are some salient features of undocumented migration throughout the world. Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island (2019) undertakes an exploratory journey into the present globalized world of anthropogenic climate metamorphoses that trigger excruciating illegal migrations from the Indian Sundarbans, the mangrove region. It is also the saga of many other undocumented migrants from various developing countries, who illegally migrate to the West in search of employment and opportunity but miserably fall victims to human trafficking, xenophobia, and imprisonment. The paper focuses on the socio-economic, political, and climatological reasons for, and the consequences of, the illegal migrations of the underprivileged people portrayed in the text under discussion, by situating them within the framework of the contemporary era of capitalist globalization.

Makale detayları

The Crisis of Climate and Immigration in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island

Yazarlar: Trina BOSE | Amrita SATAPATHY

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Edebiyat

Dergi: Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 2021 Vol.31 Issue 2, pp.473-489

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000516118

Sıklık: Aylık

eISSN: 2602-2117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-871879

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Trina BOSE | Amrita SATAPATHY

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebiyat

Dergi:

Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 2021 Vol.31 Issue 2, pp.473-489

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000516118

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2602-2117

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-871879