Heaven on Earth

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CJ Vallis
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0143-4145

Abstract

‘Heaven on earth’ is a creative non-fiction piece which juxtaposes life under lockdown in Sydney 2020 with my experience of curfew in Kashmir in the 1990s. The COVID-19 crisis is explored from the resonances and dissonances across place and time. In this hybrid personal essay, I reflect on how a sense of space is constructed from wealth and community, and how a white, middle-class status benefits from lockdown, juxtaposed against the ongoing political and social isolation of Kashmir.

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The Great Dis-Equalizer: the Covid-19 Crisis Special Issue (Cultural Works)