Dr. Lakmali Jayasinghe
@LakmaliJd
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Assistant Professor of Anglophone and World Literatures @ccsu | PhD @stanford #literature #lawandliterature #immigration #borders #asianpopularculture
CT, USA
Joined January 2018
My new double-blind peer reviewed journal article, the 2nd one to come out this year, is now out in South Asian Review published by the South Asian Literary Association established in 1976, &focuses on Sharon Bala's "The Boat People" &narrative resistance.
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RT @Sabarish23694: A piercing critique of alternative regimes/imaginations of immigration by the ever erudite @LakmaliJd. Especially timely…
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RT @Rehna_AntiCaste: Dr.Santosh Raut becomes the first ever dalit to teach a course at Harvard, in 389 year history of Harvard University.…
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"Diegetic Violence as Narrative Necessity in "Squid Game"," my new book chapter in which I argue that the inherent violence of "Squid Game" is necessary for the show's socio-economic critique, is now available in print and online. #SquidGame #hwangdonghyuk
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RT @NCdeMel: Diegetic Violence as Narrative Necessity in Squid Game by Lakmali Jayasinghe Global Academic Fellow @VeriteResearch Rebuffin…
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My new co-edited book "Contemporary Asian Popular Culture Vol. 2: Cultural Dynamics and Global Impact" (with the first volume coming out next year) is now published, just in time for the release of the second season of "Squid Game." #squidgame #asianpopularculture
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My new poem was recently published in "Windward Review" (Volume 22) published by the Department of English at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
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RT @Prof_FSultana: 📣Please join us at the Book Launch!🎉 📕“Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice” 🗓️Tue…
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These papers challenged racialized border policies through analyses of literature and media discourses. My talk at this panel was on how literary narratives generate a space of critique and re-evaluation of racialized immigration law, with a focus on South Asian literature.
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RT @DaytonRMartind: "Our human world is built atop a parallel universe of [animal] misery, an inferno from which most of us prefer to look…
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RT @ItsCherrySue: Unfriendly reminder that immigrants don't have to be surgeons to be worthy of anyone's respect
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The visa system is designed to arbitrarily control the mobility and circulation of people and knowledge from the Global South. One of the pernicious problems of this system is how applicants are treated with indignity by those at embassies, consulates, and processing centers.
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