Critical perspectives on Abdulrazak Gurnah / edited by Tina Steiner, Maria Olaussen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steiner, Tina, editor.

Olaussen, Maria, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-.

Gurnah, Abdulrazak.

Physical Description:

xiv, 170 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2022.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2023.

Summary:

This edited volume provides a wide- ranging introduction to the novelistic oeuvre of the prize- winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah. It addresses a gap in Gurnah scholarship by including chapters which discuss his earlier works that have not received the scholarly attention they deserve.Drawing on a range of critical lenses including postcolonial theory, Indian Ocean studies, psychoanalytic theory, migration studies and gender studies, this book provides illuminating commentary on his novels. Attentive to the geographical and historical reach of the narratives, the chapters engage with recurring thematic concerns of departures and arrivals; of complex family relationships; and of precarious cosmopolitan hospitality in situations of changing power relations from the old Indian Ocean monsoon trading system to colonial and postcolonial contexts. The volume concludes with an author interview. It will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of Literary and Cultural Studies, especially Postcolonial Literature, African Studies and Indian Ocean Studies.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of English Studies in Africa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Critical perspectives on Abdulrazak Gurnah.

ISBN:

9781032258393

103225839X

9781032258409

1032258403

OCLC:

1295242022

Publisher Number:

99994858870