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UNINA9910790707203321 |
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Titolo |
Diasporic identities and empire : cultural contentions and literacy landscapes / / edited by Anastasia Nicéphore ; guest editor, David Brooks |
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Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Identity (Psychology) |
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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part I. Disapora and colonial discourses -- part II. Schisms in national spaces -- part III. Ethnic tensions and writings from elsewhere. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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... |
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