LEADER 04555nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910452080703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-26551-2 010 $a9786612265518 010 $a94-012-0480-2 010 $a1-4356-1285-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789401204804 035 $a(CKB)1000000000480541 035 $a(EBL)556556 035 $a(OCoLC)666983910 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235710 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12044290 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235710 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10163541 035 $a(PQKB)11005560 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC556556 035 $a(OCoLC)666983910$z(OCoLC)182874615$z(OCoLC)712988667$z(OCoLC)764536446$z(OCoLC)961538086$z(OCoLC)962606234 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789401204804 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL556556 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10380484 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226551 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000480541 100 $a20071016d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRelocating consciousness$b[electronic resource] $ediasporic writers and the dynamics of literary experience /$fDaphne Grace 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York $cRodopi$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aConsciousness, literature & the arts ;$v7 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-2252-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-246) and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material /$rDaphne Grace -- $tReaddressing Consciousness, Locating Diasporas /$rDaphne Grace -- $tExploring Self and Other: Theories of Consciousness /$rDaphne Grace -- $tTrauma, Terror and the Impact of Consciousness /$rDaphne Grace -- $tEmpire, Violence, and the Writing of History /$rDaphne Grace -- $tThe Self-Reflexive World: Consciousness and Social Responsibility /$rDaphne Grace -- $tAfrican Explorations of the Sacred and the Self /$rDaphne Grace -- $tThe Literature of Human Survival: Envisaging Alternatives /$rDaphne Grace -- $tEncounters in the Earthly Paradise: Relocating the Self /$rDaphne Grace -- $tCosmopolitanism, Political Conscience and Higher Consciousness /$rDaphne Grace -- $tBibliography /$rDaphne Grace -- $tIndex /$rDaphne Grace. 330 $aThis book deals directly with issues of consciousness within works of postcolonial and diasporic writers. It discusses fiction, autobiography and theory to re-formulate a ?writing of consciousness?, addressing contemporary cultural theory related to a wide range of dynamic writers and ground-breaking novels. A critical analysis of literature contextualises consciousness (understood here as the source of language and human creativity), and explores ways in which consciousness is involved in the creative process. Tackling the controversial nature of consciousness itself, the book argues that consciousness must be understood in its philosophical and social contexts. The idea of relocating consciousness calls for a new aesthetics and ethics of living in the diasporic world where we are all to some extent ?migrant?. The book explores notions of consciousness as alternative narrative structures to society, while expanding contemporary postcolonial theory beyond the limited dimension of power-based-on-violence to a more visionary exploration of experience based on consciousness as unity-in-diversity. Themes explored include sacred experience as empowerment; trauma, terror and the impact of consciousness; cosmopolitanism and globalisation; and the literature of human survival. Written in a lively and accessible manner the book will appeal to all readers who enjoy being on the cutting-edge of contemporary world literature. 410 0$aConsciousness, literature & the arts ;$v7. 606 $aConsciousness in literature 606 $aEmigration and immigration in literature 606 $aEnglish literature$zDeveloping countries$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPostcolonialism in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConsciousness in literature. 615 0$aEmigration and immigration in literature. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPostcolonialism in literature. 676 $a809.933581 700 $aGrace$b Daphne$f1954-$0877606 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452080703321 996 $aRelocating consciousness$91959664 997 $aUNINA