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Refugee Crisis and Hospitality in Literary Representation
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This study analyzed Camilla Gibb’s Sweetness in the Belly through migration and refugee theories to explore displacement, identity, and belonging. The purpose was to examine how the novel portrays forced and voluntary migration about exile, and cultural hybridity. The method used was literary analysis informed by the works of Sorenson, Nail, Balibar, and Derrida. The results showed that the protagonist Lilly and other migrant figures experience uprootedness, exclusion, and vulnerability, but also create new forms of solidarity and resilience. This happened because systems of power seek to erase migrant histories while communities resist through hospitality and cultural continuity. The impact of this research is its contribution to refugee and migration studies by highlighting the importance of unconditional hospitality and community service as ethical responses to displacement in a global context.
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