Marginalized Identities: Dimensions, Perspectives, and Problems
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Genocide, Statelessness and Poetic Witness: Rohingya Identity and the Politics of Marginalization

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  • Dr. Abin Chakraborty
Dr. Abin Chakraborty
Assistant Profeesor and Head, Department of English Government General Degree College, Salboni, Paschim Medinipur

Published 03.07.2026

Keywords

  • Rohingya,
  • marginalized identities,
  • genocide,
  • poetry of witness,
  • statelessness

How to Cite

Chakraborty, D. A. (2026). Genocide, Statelessness and Poetic Witness: Rohingya Identity and the Politics of Marginalization. Loreto College Academic Press, 323–339. Retrieved from https://loretocollegeacademicpress.com/index.php/lcap/article/view/18
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Abstract

This chapter examines Rohingya poetry as an articulation of marginalized identity shaped by genocide, statelessness and forced displacement. Drawing upon I Am a Rohingya: Poetry from the Camps and Beyond (Byrne & Doja, 2019), survivor testimonies and trauma studies, the essay analyses how poetic language functions as witness literature. It argues that Rohingya verse negotiates erasure through memory, grief and ethical appeal, transforming collective trauma into resistant self-representation. By situating these poems within discourses of marginalization, exile and post-traumatic subjectivity, the chapter demonstrates how literary expression becomes a site of survival and political visibility.

DOI -https://doi.org/10.66496/LCAP.9788168710108.2026.323-339

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