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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792477503321

Autore

Brouillette S

Titolo

Postcolonial writers in the global literary marketplace [[electronic resource] /] / by Sarah Brouillette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

1-349-35372-8

1-283-18143-6

9786613181435

0-230-28817-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

820.9

Soggetti

Literature   

Literature—Philosophy

Culture—Study and teaching

Fiction

Literature, Modern—20th century

Oriental literature

Postcolonial/World Literature

Literary Theory

Cultural Theory

Twentieth-Century Literature

Asian Literature

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 (p. 198-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1 The Industry of Postcoloniality; Chapter 2 Postcolonial Writers and the Global Literary Marketplace; Part II; Chapter 3 Salman Rushdie's 'Unbelonging': Authorship and 'The East'; Chapter 4 Locating J.M. Coetzee; Chapter 5 Zulfikar Ghose and Cosmopolitan Authentication; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Combining analysis with detailed accounts of authors' careers and the global trade in literature, this book assesses how postcolonial writers



respond to their own reception and niche positioning, parading their exotic otherness to metropolitan audiences, within a global marketplace.