Assemblage, World-Making, Commonwealth: Reading for Infrastructure in Mohsin Hamid’s<i>Exit West</i>

When Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West was published in 2017 it was immediately hailed as an emblematic text of the present moment and one that “feels instantly canonical” in its sensibility for global migration, modern warfare, and the affordances and limitations of digital communications technology (

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Contemporary Literature
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2024-10-01
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https://doi.org/10.3368/cl.64.4.473
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South Asian Cinema and Culture
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Assemblage, World-Making, Commonwealth: Reading for Infrastructure in Mohsin Hamid’sExit West

Jens Elze
Contemporary Literature
South Asian Cinema and Culture
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Assemblage, World-Making, Commonwealth: Reading for Infrastructure in Mohsin Hamid’sExit West

Jens Elze
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When Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West was published in 2017 it was immediately hailed as an emblematic text of the present moment and one that “feels instantly canonical” in its sensibility for global migration, modern warfare, and the affordances and limitations of digital communications technology (

Contemporary LiteratureVol. 64(4)
University of Göttingen (DE)
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Openalex Percentile: Top 74%
South Asian Cinema and Culture
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