The South Asian American diasporic writer, Jhumpa Lahiri has been widely acclaimed by the first-world intellectuals for her truthful representations of diasporic experience. In recent years, however, some scholars have drawn upon Gayatri Spivak’s notion of “Native Informant” to interrogate the controversial canonization of Lahiri in the West, and point instead to her disavowed participation in ...

Many people on both sides of the Atlantic are unaware of the glaring facts of the massive French involvement in the slave trade: that more slaves were brought to the tiny island of Martinique than to all the United States; that in 1789, Saint-Domingue supplied over half of France’s overseas trade and had a slave population of half a million, more than all the other French and British West Indie...

the world health organization quality of life-bref (whoqol-bref) has generally been used for patients, few studies in migrants who move from rural to urban within one country. many studies asserted that social isolation presents a risk to individual health. poor social networks are associated with worse qol. this study examined health-related quality of life (hrqol) and social support in new-ge...

Writing is central to PhD work, though often a source of challenge, given the dissertation basis for award degree. Universities may offer writing workshops, but these frequently take remedial, skills-based approach: as something fix rather than developmental life-learning process gaining confidence and fluency writer. In this study, we report design an eight-month program premised on approach l...

This article investigates the fame of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov (1769–1844) in Italy 20 th century, with special reference to collections fables that period, which were intended for children. Indeed, first Krylov’s Italian language had been published Paris 1825, but they unsuccessful: overall there was little interest literature and language. Only beginning following when literature, culture...