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The postcolonial subject in transit : migration, borders, and subjectivity in contemporary African diaspora literature / edited by Delphine Fongang ; foreword Toyin Falola.
Van Pelt Library PR9340.5 .P67 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Transforming literary studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African literature (English)--20th century--History and criticism.
- African literature (English).
- African literature (English)--21st century--History and criticism.
- African diaspora in literature.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 161 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Transitional identity and cultural ambiguity in diasporic African literature / Delphine Fongang
- 1. Migration and African diasporic constructions in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah / Henry Kah Jick and Kelvin Ngong Toh
- 2. Inescapable predicament : migration and diasporic identity in Brian Chikwava's Harare North / Delphine Fongang
- 3. Politics of migration : dreams, illusions and reality in Okey Ndibe's Foreign Gods Inc. and NoViolet Bulawayo's We need new names / Bosede Funke Afolayan
- 4. Black Americans and American Blacks : transnational identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah / Na'Imah H. Ford
- 5. Teju Cole's transcultural urban novel Open city / Igor Maver
- 6. Entrapment and dislocation : migration and the construction of "queer" subjectivity in contemporary North African literary narratives / Gibson Ncube
- 7. Mirror and sexuality : double oppression of African female diasporic subjects in Hannah Khoury's So pretty an African / Samuel Kamara
- 8. The return of the native : discourse of the homecoming "returnee" migrant in the narratives of M.G. Vassanji / Shilpa Daithota Bhat
- 9. Arrivals, geographies, and "the usual reply" in Emily Raboteau's Searching for Zion / Nicole Stamant
- 10. Dislocation, mimicry and the geography of home in Sefi Atta's A bit of difference / Grace Adeniyi Ogunyankin
- Conclusion: emerging perspectives in African diasporic literature / Delphine Fongan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Postcolonial subject in transit.
- ISBN:
- 9781498563833
- 149856383X
- 9781498563840
- 1498563848
- OCLC:
- 1007497521
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