02565nam 22004933u 450 991078605210332120230803025111.00-203-33554-61-134-28640-61-134-28641-41-280-05319-4(CKB)2670000000326172(EBL)199482(OCoLC)475906241(MiAaPQ)EBC199482(EXLCZ)99267000000032617220130418d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Postcolonial London[electronic resource] Rewriting the MetropolisHoboken Taylor and Francis20131 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-34459-X 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; IndexLondon'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, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Colin MacInnes, Bernardine Evaristo, Linton Kwesi Johnson and FredAuthors, Commonwealth - Homes and haunts - England - LondonEnglish literature - 20th century - History and crEnglish literature - 20th century - History and criticismEnglish literature - England - London - History and criticismAuthors, Commonwealth - Homes and haunts - England - London.English literature - 20th century - History and cr.English literature - 20th century - History and criticism.English literature - England - London - History and criticism.820.9/32421/09045820.93242109045McLeod John1969-1486906AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910786052103321Postcolonial London3706546UNINA