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Research Articles

Reimagining spatiality in South Asian diasporic literature: a Lefebvrian reading of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland

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Pages 70-85 | Received 11 Oct 2023, Accepted 15 Dec 2023, Published online: 26 Dec 2023

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