03980nam 2200685 a 450 991026523800332120230621140652.00-472-90097-80-472-09991-410.3998/mpub.206486(CKB)2560000000320639(WaSeSS)IndRDA00125020(MiU)10.3998/mpub.206486EBL7007881(AU-PeEL)EBL7007881(MiAaPQ)EBC7007881(EXLCZ)99256000000032063920061030d2007 ub 0engurm|#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMongrel nation diasporic culture and the making of postcolonial Britain /Ashley DawsonAnn Arbor :University of Michigan Press,c2007.1 online resource (viii, 226 pages) PDF, digital file(s)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: 9780472069910 Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-219) and index.Colonization in reverse : an introduction -- "In the big city the sex life gone wild" : migration, gender, and identity in Sam Selvon's The lonely Londoners -- Black power in a transnational frame : radical populism and the Caribbean Artists Movement -- Behind the mask : carnival politics and British identity in Linton Kwesi Johnson's dub poetry -- Beyond imperial feminism : Buchi Emecheta's London novels and Black British women's emancipation -- Heritage politics of the soul : immigration and identity in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses -- Genetics, biotechnology, and the future of "race" in Zadie Smith's White teeth -- Conclusion : "Step back from the blow back" : Asian hip-hop and post-9/11 Britain.Mongrel Nation surveys the history of the United Kingdom’s African, Asian, and Caribbean populations from 1948 to the present, working at the juncture of cultural studies, literary criticism, and postcolonial theory. Ashley Dawson argues that during the past fifty years Asian and black intellectuals from Sam Selvon to Zadie Smith have continually challenged the United Kingdom’s exclusionary definitions of citizenship, using innovative forms of cultural expression to reconfigure definitions of belonging in the postcolonial age. By examining popular culture and exploring topics such as the nexus of race and gender, the growth of transnational politics, and the clash between first- and second-generation immigrants, Dawson broadens and enlivens the field of postcolonial studies.English literatureMinority authorsHistory and criticismEnglish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismCommonwealth literature (English)History and criticismPostcolonialism in literatureImmigrants in literatureMinorities in literatureLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryPostcolonialismGreat BritainCultural pluralismGreat BritainEthnic groupsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryEnglish literatureMinority authorsHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Commonwealth literature (English)History and criticism.Postcolonialism in literature.Immigrants in literature.Minorities in literature.Literature and societyHistoryPostcolonialismCultural pluralismEthnic groupsHistory820.9/3552Dawson Ashley1965-925035Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiUMiUBOOK9910265238003321Mongrel nation2109053UNINA