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Possessions

By Davina Quinlivan

Possessions

By Davina Quinlivan

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'I was so thirsty for the prize of academia, so thrilled to defy the fates, that I suffocated my own history and culture, my Burmese heritage and my mother's language. By doing this, I also possessed my ancestors and made them dance to the tune of Imperialism. How could I be so wrong?' After two decades of academic research and undergraduate teaching Davina Quinlivan, and the world of university education, were approaching crisis; teaching online, ticking boxes for other people's diversity criteria, stuck, like so many others, in a cycle of fixed term contracts. Yet as a child of Anglo-Burmese parents, growing up in West London, academia had promised a way out. Something better. This is her powerful, compelling story of fragmenting and rebuilding from the inside out, one that is filled with the voices of both Burma and Southall. Haunted by the ghosts of colonialism, Davina Quinlivan beautifully lays bare our blind spots as we grapple with decolonisation and the hypocrisies within our institutions of education.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2026-04-07
Publication Date:
2026-02-28
Publisher:
Duckworth Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
071565604X
ISBN13:
9780715656044
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
260 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
214 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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