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Critical identities in contemporary anglophone diasporic literature

The figure of the migrant has been celebrated by some as an icon of postmodernity, an emblematic figure in a world increasingly characterized by transnationalism, globalization and mass migrations. Kral takes issue with this view of the migrant experience through in-depth analyses of writers includi...

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Main Authors: Kral, Francoise.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Immigrants' writings, English > History and criticism.
Immigrants in literature.
Literary essays.
Literature.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230244429
Summary: The figure of the migrant has been celebrated by some as an icon of postmodernity, an emblematic figure in a world increasingly characterized by transnationalism, globalization and mass migrations. Kral takes issue with this view of the migrant experience through in-depth analyses of writers including Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith and Monica Ali.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 200 p. : 2 diagrames.
ISBN: 9780230220416
9780230244429 :
0230244424 :
CLC: I565.074
Contents: Contents Introduction Paradigmatic Shifts and New Orientations in Diasporic Studies: Mapping the Site of Intervention Identity, Interstitiality and Diaspora Interstitiality, Authenticity, Postmodernity Shaky Ground, New Territoralities and the Diasporic Subject Disjunction, Ethics and the Diasporic Subject Language(s) and the Diasporic Subject Notes Bibliography Index.

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