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September 17, 2025Vidhyayana

Second-Gen Sorcery: Diasporic Anxiety, Generational Aspiration, and Cultural Alchemy in Sanjena Sathian’s Gold Diggers

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Overview

Literary analysis explores diaspora themes and magical realism in a coming-of-age narrative in America.

Key Points

  • The novel examines diasporic anxiety and ambition through the life of Neil Narayan, a second-generation immigrant.
  • Key themes include cultural alchemy and emotional labor, highlighted by an alchemical potion symbolizing desire.
  • Analysis employs magical realism as a strategy to critique meritocracy and the immigrant experience across generations.
  • The narrative underscores the tension between inherited dreams and the societal pressures faced by diasporic children.

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Dr Dilip B Kataliya (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4768331b076d99fa6f127https://doi.org/10.58213/vfce6413
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