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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453988703321

Titolo

Diasporic subjectivity and cultural brokering in contemporary post-colonial literatures [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Igor Maver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49308-6

9786612493089

0-7391-2972-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MaverIgor

Disciplina

820.9

Soggetti

Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism

Emigration and immigration in literature

Immigrants in literature

Ethnicity in literature

Subjectivity in literature

Postcolonialism 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

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



Sommario/riassunto

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.