Mongrel nation : diasporic culture and the making of postcolonial Britain / Ashley Dawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Ashley, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

Postcolonialism in literature.

Immigrants in literature.

Minorities in literature.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Ethnic groups.

History.

Postcolonialism.

English literature--Minority authors.

Great Britain.

Postcolonialism--Great Britain.

Cultural pluralism--Great Britain.

Cultural pluralism.

Ethnic groups--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

viii, 226 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2007]

Contents:

Colonization in reverse : an introduction

"In the big city the sex life gone wild" : migration, gender, and identity in Sam Selvon's The lonely Londoners

Black power in a transnational frame : radical populism and the Caribbean Artists Movement

Behind the mask : carnival politics and British identity in Linton Kwesi Johnson's dub poetry

Beyond imperial feminism : Buchi Emecheta's London novels and Black British women's emancipation

Heritage politics of the soul : immigration and identity in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses

Genetics, biotechnology, and the future of "race" in Zadie Smith's White teeth

Conclusion : "Step back from the blow back" : Asian hip-hop and post-9/11 Britain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-219) and index.

ISBN:

9780472099917

0472099914

9780472069910

0472069918

OCLC:

76167046

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