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This autobiographical scholarly account of a lived experience of a migrant delineates external (route) as well as internal (root) dimensions of a journey resulting in a new transformed image of selfhood. The emerging identity is found to display the features of neo-collectivist consciousness, and is subsequently analysed against the backdrop of macrohistory. In addition, Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) is utilised to deepen the discourse and provide a vertical dimension. The details of traumatic aspects of dislocation of the individual, in both spatial and social spheres, are presented against the backdrop of current socio-political changes.
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Botta, M. (2021). Deconstructing and Reconstructing Identity: A Transformational Transcontinental Journey. In: Giri, A.K. (eds) Cross-Fertilizing Roots and Routes. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7118-3_8
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