Postcolonial Writers in the Global Literary Marketplace / / by S. Brouillette

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960196203321
• Autore: Brouillette Sarah <1977->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007
• ISBN: 9786613181435; 9781349353729; 1349353728; 9781283181433; 1283181436; 9780230288171; 0230288170
• 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; World Literature; Literary Theory; Cultural Theory; Fiction Literature; 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.