LEADER 05232nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910815079703321 005 20240410155239.0 010 $a1-280-49705-X 010 $a9786613592286 010 $a94-012-0693-7 024 7 $a10.1163/9789401206938 035 $a(CKB)2670000000187644 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000646371 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11402209 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646371 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10684863 035 $a(PQKB)11395474 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3008300 035 $a(OCoLC)785782278$z(OCoLC)779587433 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789401206938 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3008300 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533568 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL359228 035 $a(OCoLC)794545553 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000187644 100 $a20120314d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIslanded identities$b[electronic resource] $econstructions of postcolonial cultural insularity /$fedited by Maeve McCusker and Anthony Soares 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRodopi$d2011 215 $axxviii, 243 p., [4] p. of plates $cill. (some col.) 225 1 $aCross/cultures ;$v139 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a90-420-3406-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material -- $tIsland Theory: The Antipodes /$rMatthew Boyd Goldie -- $tWriting Against the Tide?: Patrick Chamoiseau?s (Is)land Imaginary /$rMaeve Mccusker -- $tA Distinctive Disaster Literature: Montserrat Island Poetry under Pressure /$rJonathan Skinner -- $tRethinking Identity and Belonging: ?Mauritianness? in the Work of Ananda Devi /$rRitu Tyagi -- $tFrom Slave to Tourist Entertainer: Performative Negotiations of Identity and Difference in Mauritius /$rBurkhard Schnepel and Cornelia Schnepel -- $t?Amid the Alien Corn?: British India as Human Island /$rRalph Crane -- $tJournalism and Identity: The Red-Top Hangover and Erosions of ?Island Mentality? in Postcolonial Ireland /$rMark Wehrly -- $tWestern Blood in an Eastern Island: Affective Identities in Timor-Leste /$rAnthony Soares -- $t?No Man is an Island?: National Literary Canons, Writers, and Readers /$rLyn Innes -- $tImpure Islands: Europe and a Post-Imperial Polity /$rPaulo de Medeiros -- $tNotes on Contributors -- $tIndex. 330 $aThe island, because of its supposed isolation, and its apparent small scale, has historically been a privileged site of colonial aggression and acquisitiveness. Yet the island has also been imagined as a uniquely sovereign space, and thus one in which the colonial enterprise can be seen as especially egregious. ?Islandedness? takes on a particular charge in the early twenty-first century, in the supposedly postcolonial period. While contemporary media offer a simulacrum of proximity to others, the reality is that we are ever more distant, inhabiting islands both real and conceptual. Meanwhile migrants from today?s ?postcolonial? islands are routinely denied access to the perceived ?mainland?. And, in islands freed from overt colonialism, but often beset by neocolonial forces of domination and control, identities are constructed so as to differentiate insider from outsider ? even when the outsider comes from within. This is the first volume devoted explicitly to the postcolonial island, conceived in a broad geographical, historical, and metaphorical sense. Branching across disciplinary parameters (literary studies, anthropology, history, cultural studies), and analyzing a range of cultural forms (literature, dance, print journalism, and television), the volume attempts to focus critically on three areas: the current realities of formerly colonized island nations; the phenomenon of ?foreign? communities living within a dominant host community; and the existence of (local) practices and theoretical perspectives that complement, but are often critical of, prevailing theories of the postcolonial. The islands treated in the volume include Ireland, Montserrat, Martinique, Mauritius, and East Timor, and the collection includes more broadly conceived historical and theoretical essays. The volume should be required reading for scholars working in postcolonial studies, in island studies, and for those working in and across a range of disciplines (literature, cultural studies, anthropology). Contributors: Ralph Crane, Matthew Boyd Goldie, Lyn Innes, Maeve McCusker, Paulo de Medeiros, Burkhard Schnepel, Cornelia Schnepel, Jonathan Skinner, Anthony Soares, Ritu Tyagi, Mark Wehrly 410 0$aCross/cultures ;$v139. 606 $aIslands$xSocial aspects 606 $aGroup identity 606 $aPostcolonialism 615 0$aIslands$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aGroup identity. 615 0$aPostcolonialism. 676 $a809/.9332142 701 $aMcCusker$b Maeve$0626979 701 $aSoares$b Anthony$01688236 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815079703321 996 $aIslanded identities$94062324 997 $aUNINA