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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dawson, Ashley, 1965-
Contributor:
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
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.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 226 pages)
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.
System Details:
text file
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 Britainches.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-219) and index.
Description based on information from the publisher.
Access Restriction:
Open Access Unrestricted online access

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