03067nam 2200637Ia 450 991095809100332120251117093228.00-203-33554-61-134-28640-61-134-28641-41-280-05319-4(CKB)2670000000326172(EBL)199482(OCoLC)475906241(MiAaPQ)EBC199482(EXLCZ)99267000000032617220040130d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPostcolonial London rewriting the metropolis /John McLeod1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-34459-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-204) and index.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 FredEnglish literatureEnglandLondonHistory and criticismAuthors, CommonwealthHomes and hauntsEnglandLondonEnglish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismCommonwealth literature (English)History and criticismAuthors, EnglishHomes and hauntsEnglandLondonPostcolonialismEnglandLondonPostcolonialism in literatureLondon (England)Intellectual life20th centuryLondon (England)In literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Authors, CommonwealthHomes and hauntsEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Commonwealth literature (English)History and criticism.Authors, EnglishHomes and hauntsPostcolonialismPostcolonialism in literature.820.9/32421/09045McLeod John1969-1875702MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958091003321Postcolonial London4486900UNINA