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Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali

This study engages with the historical understanding of colonial violence followed by environmental disasters during World War II on Andaman Island. In the mid-twentieth century, the residents of Andaman Island were caught up in a battle between the British and the Japanese empires. These colonisers...

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Main Authors: Rabani, Ghulam, Mishra, Binod
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22312/1/TD%205.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.223122023-10-11T01:00:22Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22312/ Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali Rabani, Ghulam Mishra, Binod This study engages with the historical understanding of colonial violence followed by environmental disasters during World War II on Andaman Island. In the mid-twentieth century, the residents of Andaman Island were caught up in a battle between the British and the Japanese empires. These colonisers enslaved the locals, grabbed their land, and pillaged the natural resources. Instead of learning from the indigenous people who had established a community without disrupting the balance of nature, they continued to distract nature and enslavement of the local inhabitants. This research examines a central theme of environmental violence inherent to the colonial project through the shared heterogeneous experience of the Aboriginals. By employing the concept of ‘environmental violence’, this study critiques the violence sabotaged by British and Japanese colonisers to determine the changes in the lives of the fictional characters in Khan’s novel. The findings reveal that Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali (2019) might be better considered the historical colonial violence and the rights of the Indigenous people on Andaman Island are the critical components of the activist campaign for the return of their culture, history, and lands. It further reveals that colonial violence is responsible for the perpetuation of recent environmental disasters on Andaman Island. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22312/1/TD%205.pdf Rabani, Ghulam and Mishra, Binod (2023) Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 29 (2). pp. 57-69. ISSN 0128-5157 https://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/index
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description This study engages with the historical understanding of colonial violence followed by environmental disasters during World War II on Andaman Island. In the mid-twentieth century, the residents of Andaman Island were caught up in a battle between the British and the Japanese empires. These colonisers enslaved the locals, grabbed their land, and pillaged the natural resources. Instead of learning from the indigenous people who had established a community without disrupting the balance of nature, they continued to distract nature and enslavement of the local inhabitants. This research examines a central theme of environmental violence inherent to the colonial project through the shared heterogeneous experience of the Aboriginals. By employing the concept of ‘environmental violence’, this study critiques the violence sabotaged by British and Japanese colonisers to determine the changes in the lives of the fictional characters in Khan’s novel. The findings reveal that Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali (2019) might be better considered the historical colonial violence and the rights of the Indigenous people on Andaman Island are the critical components of the activist campaign for the return of their culture, history, and lands. It further reveals that colonial violence is responsible for the perpetuation of recent environmental disasters on Andaman Island.
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author Rabani, Ghulam
Mishra, Binod
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Mishra, Binod
Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali
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Mishra, Binod
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title Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali
title_short Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali
title_full Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali
title_fullStr Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali
title_full_unstemmed Andaman Island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s the miraculous true history of Nomi Ali
title_sort andaman island and the historicity of colonial violence: an ecocritical study of uzma aslam khan’s the miraculous true history of nomi ali
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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