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A review of Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru's recent study of the work of Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy and Vikram Chandra

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  • REVIEW OF MARIA-SABINA DRAGA ALEXANDRU, PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMATIVITY the two concepts with a very wide range of literary, interpretative and political concerns that inform the case studies proper

  • The ambitious and rich nature of Draga Alexandru’s book is demonstrated by its very structure: it is organized in eleven chapters, framed by an introduction and a conclusion

  • The multiple forms of metamorphosis “The Firebird’s Nest” presents are regarded by Draga Alexandru as emblematic for the transformations of texts, genres, identities, and migratory and nomadic practices that her selected case studies present

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REVIEW OF MARIA-SABINA DRAGA ALEXANDRU, PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMATIVITY the two concepts with a very wide range of literary, interpretative and political concerns that inform the case studies proper. The multiple forms of metamorphosis “The Firebird’s Nest” presents are regarded by Draga Alexandru as emblematic for the transformations of texts, genres, identities, and migratory and nomadic practices that her selected case studies present. They weave smoothly numerous theories of performativity and performance and their connections to nomadic texts and identities with considerations about the contemporary functions of myth, storytelling, and theories of the novel east and west.

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