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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821835303321

Autore

McLeod John <1969->

Titolo

Postcolonial London : rewriting the metropolis / / John McLeod

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

0-203-33554-6

1-134-28640-6

1-134-28641-4

1-280-05319-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/32421/09045

Soggetti

English literature - England - London - History and criticism

Authors, Commonwealth - Homes and haunts - England - London

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism

Authors, English - Homes and haunts - England - London

Postcolonialism - England - London

Postcolonialism in literature

London (England) Intellectual life 20th century

London (England) In 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. [195]-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Postcolonial London: Rewriting the metropolis; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Locating postcolonial London; 1 Making a song and dance; 2 London, England; 3 Living room; 4 Babylon's burning; 5 Millennial currents; Coda: 'No fenky-fenky road'; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

London's histories of migration and settlement and the resulting diverse, hybrid communities have engendered new forms of social and cultural activity reflected in a wealth of novels, poems, films and songs. Postcolonial London explores the imaginative transformation of the city by African, Asian, Caribbean and South Pacific writers since the 1950s.  John McLeod engages freshly with the work of both well-known and emergent writers, including Sam Selvon, Doris Lessing, V. S. Naipaul,



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