Diasporic subjectivity and cultural brokering in contemporary post-colonial literatures / edited by Igor Maver.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2009.
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Demonstrating that an intercultural dialogue and constant cultural brokering are a must in our post-colonial world, the essays in this volume are a valuable contribution to the ongoing discourse on post-colonial diasporic literatures and identities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
Contents
  • Contents; Introduction; Chapter 01. "Not Belonging, but Longing": Shifts of Emphasis in Contemporary Diasporic Writing in English Canada; Chapter 02. Canadian New Diasporic Writing and Transnational/Borderland Literary Identities; Chapter 03. The Diaspora Writes Back: Cultural Memory and Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost; Chapter 04. Translational Identities and the Émigré Experience; Chapter 05. Between the Island and the City: Cultural Brokerage in Caribbean-Canadian Short Fiction; Chapter 06. The Child of New Norcia: Alf Taylor's Poetry; Chapter 07. The Englishness of Maori Writing
  • Chapter 08. The Afrosporic Migration of Genital Alterations to the New Europe: Trauma, the Law, and the InternetChapter 09. Diaspora in the Family: Father and Mother Figures in Canadian Theater; Chapter 10. Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal's Tourism: How to Exploit Diaspora and Live Happily Ever After; Index; About the Contributors
ISBN
  • 1-282-49308-6
  • 9786612493089
  • 0-7391-2972-4
OCLC
435638246
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