Abstract The notion of roots, of place and belonging, is always charged with significant emotional investment in diasporic imaginary. The mythogenies of birth, origin, nation, faith and all the other tropological reinscriptions of place are usually seen as closures of identity that produce fixed economies of meaning. Indeed, the exoticism and charisma of authenticity associated with place that has today become the neoliberal mainstay of cultural difference only testifies to its irrevocable demise. And yet, place still retains its power as the primary trope of identity and the difficulty of distinguishing between the two is nowhere more visceral than in the experience of unhomely subjects. Using recent theoretical developments in human geography and the resources of literary and life writing, this paper will explore the significance of place for the experience of diasporic shame that will emerge as the affective articulation of unhomeliness, that which makes unhomeliness feel.

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我羞耻的根源

摘要 根源、地方和归属感的概念总是充满着对散居想象的重要情感投入。出生、起源、民族、信仰和所有其他地方的转义词通常被视为身份的封闭，产生了固定的意义经济。事实上，与地方相关的真实性的异国情调和魅力如今已成为新自由主义文化差异的支柱，这只能证明其不可逆转的消亡。然而，地方仍然保留着它作为身份主要比喻的力量，区分这两者的困难在不切实际的主体的体验中最为内在。利用人文地理学的最新理论发展以及文学和生活写作的资源，