LEADER 04289nam 2200721 450 001 9910455466603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-03738-2 010 $a9786612037382 010 $a1-4426-7601-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442676015 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004126 035 $a(EBL)3255304 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000299340 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11254054 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000299340 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238098 035 $a(PQKB)10285633 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600632 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671613 035 $a(DE-B1597)479180 035 $a(OCoLC)987928752 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442676015 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671613 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257318 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL203738 035 $a(OCoLC)958513825 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004126 100 $a20160921h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImagining London $epostcolonial fiction and the transnational Metropolis /$fJohn Clement Ball 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2004. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-9455-4 311 $a0-8020-4496-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1 Introduction: The Key to the Capital -- $t2 London North-West: The Broader Borders of Metropolitan Canadianness -- $t3 London South-West: Caribbean Fiction and Metropolitan Life -- $t4 London South-East: Metropolitan (Un)realities in Indian Fiction -- $t5 London Centre: The Familial Urban World of Recent 'Black British' Writing -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aLondon was once the hub of an empire on which 'the sun never set.' After the second world war, as Britain withdrew from most of its colonies, the city that once possessed the world began to contain a diasporic world that was increasingly taking possession of it. Drawing on postcolonial theories ? as well as interdisciplinary perspectives from cultural geography, urban theory, history, and sociology ? Imagining London examines representations of the English metropolis in Canadian, West Indian, South Asian, and second-generation 'black British' novels written in the last half of the twentieth century. It analyzes the diverse ways in which London is experienced and portrayed as a transnational space by Commonwealth expatriates and migrants.As the former 'heart of empire' and a contemporary 'world city,' London metonymically represents the British Empire in two distinct ways. In the early years of decolonization, it is a primarily white city that symbolizes imperial power and history. Over time, as migrants from former colonies have 'reinvaded the centre' and changed its demographic and cultural constitution, it has come to represent empire geographically and spatially as a global microcosm. John Clement Ball examines the work of more than twenty writers, including established authors such as Robertson Davies, Mordecai Richler, Jean Rhys, Sam Selvon, V.S. Naipaul, Anita Desai, and Salman Rushdie, and newer voices such as Catherine Bush, David Dabydeen, Amitav Ghosh, Hanif Kureishi, and Zadie Smith. 606 $aEnglish fiction$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAuthors, English$xHomes and haunts$zEngland$zLondon 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAuthors, Commonwealth$xHomes and haunts$zEngland$zLondon 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAuthors, English$xHomes and haunts 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAuthors, Commonwealth$xHomes and haunts 676 $a823.009/32421 700 $aBall$b John Clement$f1960-$0291245 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455466603321 996 $aImagining London$9740243 997 $aUNINA