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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453754803321

Titolo

Diasporic identities and empire : cultural contentions and literacy landscapes / / edited by Anastasia Nicéphore ; guest editor, David Brooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5526-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NicéphoreAnastasia

Disciplina

809.933581

Soggetti

Identity (Psychology)

Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Disapora and colonial discourses -- part II. Schisms in national spaces -- part III. Ethnic tensions and writings from elsewhere.

Sommario/riassunto

Diasporic Identities and Empire: Cultural Contentions and Literary Landscapes explores traditional theories on hybridity, generated in consideration of multicultural infusions, and at times profusions, of colonial migrations. Arguments on defining Englishness and the insinuations of a 'fixed centre' for the marginalised are now considered on a global scale as postmodernity defies imperial homogeneity. Although postcolonial studies have largely been Anglocentric and Western in focus, developme...