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The Transcription of Identities A Study of V. S. Naipaul's Postcolonial Writings Min Zhou
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zhou, Min <p>Min Zhou, Shanghai International Studies University, China</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Cultural studies ; Volume 43.
- Cultural Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural Identity.
- Postcolonial Literature.
- V. S. Naipaul.
- Literary Studies.
- Literature.
- Postcolonialism.
- American Studies.
- General Literature Studies.
- Cultural Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural Identity.
- Postcolonial Literature.
- V. S. Naipaul.
- Literary Studies.
- Literature.
- Postcolonialism.
- American Studies.
- General Literature Studies.
- Cultural Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Zhou, The Transcription of Identities A Study of V. S. Naipaul's Postcolonial Writings
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2015
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Biography/History:
- Min Zhou (PhD) is professor of English at Shanghai International Studies University. Her research interests include British and American literature, Cultural Studies, and Media Studies.
- Summary:
- Based on a study of V. S. Naipaul's postcolonial writings, this book explores the process of postcolonial subjects' special route of identification. This enables the readers to see how in our increasingly diverse and fragmented post-modern world, identity is a vibrant, complex, and highly controversial concept. The old notion of identity as a prescribed and self-sufficient entity is now replaced by identity as a plural, floating and becoming process. Min Zhou shows how postcolonial literature, among other artistic forms, is one of the most representative reflections of this floating identity.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Abbreviations 9 Introduction 11 Chapter One. An Exile at Home 41 Chapter Two. An Exile between Islands 79 Chapter Three. An Enigmatic Identity 117 Chapter Four. The Historical Perspective 157 Conclusion 201 Works Cited 211
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783839428542
- 3839428548
- OCLC:
- 914433399
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