Volume IV Special Issue VIII October 2024

Name of Author : Sreelatha R. H, Dr. R. Janatha Kumari

Title of the paper : The Despondencies of Displacement: Analysing Louise Erdrichs The Sentence under the lens of Diaspora

Abstract: Diaspora is the scattering or spread of people from their native land to an alien land, a geographical place other than their original homeland. People get migrated from their homeland for various reasons and the term diaspora is categorised into different forms in accordance with the cause of migration. In that way, Indigenous peoples migration from their homeland is due to colonisation and these group of people come under indigenous diaspora and colonial diaspora. Native American people are always forced by their colonisers to leave their homeland by encroaching their native land, leading to identity crisis. Even though, these Native Americans are the aboriginals of the American country, they have faced the abominations of the British government and are driven out of their land. Louise Erdrich, a Native American writer, who records the life of Ojibwe community, has explicitly portrayed the agonies and struggles faced by the Native American people after their migration to an urban lifestyle. She, in her novel, The Sentence, through the protagonist Tookie reveals the hardships of an immigrant, specifically that of an indigenous woman. The present paper, The Despondencies of Displacement Analysing Louise Erdrichs The Sentence under the lens of Diaspora, tries to reveal the fact that the pressure of displacement can lead to severe damage to mental health and induce trauma. It also focuses on the importance of embracing the roots and also the idea of multiculturalism.

Keywords : Diaspora, Identity, Indigenous community, Mental Disorder, Native culture, Multiculturalism

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Page Number : 104-106