The complexities of home and belonging in the Gulf-Malayalee experience: a close reading of Salim Ahameds Pathemari (2015)
- Title
- The complexities of home and belonging in the Gulf-Malayalee experience: a close reading of Salim Ahameds Pathemari (2015)
- Creator
- Komban A.P.; Nayar CV A.
- Description
- This paper explores the interaction between home, belonging, and migration by closely reading Salim Ahameds 2015 Malayalam film, Pathemari. The paper briefly traces migration history from Kerala to the Gulf and its impact on Keralas housing boom, influencing its socioeconomic and cultural landscape. Through this, the paper examines how Gulf Malayalees navigate the multifaceted and contested concept of home despite being physically and emotionally displacedthe paradox of belonging and unbelonging, in their attempts to secure a material home while working as blue-collared Malayalee migrants in the Gulf. 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Source
- Continuum
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Subject
- belonging; Gulf Malayalee; Home; Indian diaspora; return migration; reverse migration
- Coverage
- Komban A.P., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Nayar CV A., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 10304312
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Komban A.P.; Nayar CV A., “The complexities of home and belonging in the Gulf-Malayalee experience: a close reading of Salim Ahameds Pathemari (2015),” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13390.