Nationalism and the postcolonial / edited by Sandra Dinter and Johanna Marquardt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dinter, Sandra, editor.

Marquardt, Johanna, editor.

Series:

Cross/Cultures ; 214.

Cross/Cultures ; 214

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

Nationalism in literature.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2021]

Summary:

Often thought of as a thing of the past, nationalism remains surprisingly resilient in the postcolonial era, especially since the concepts of multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism have lost authority in recent years. The contributions assembled in Nationalism and the Postcolonial examine various forms, representations, and consequences of past and present nationalisms in languages, popular culture, and literature in or associated with Australia, Canada, England, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago Bringing together perspectives from linguistics, political science, cultural studies, and literary studies, the collection illustrates how postcolonial nationalism functions as a unifying mechanism of anti-colonial nation-building as well as a divisive force that can encourage discrimination and violence. Contributors: Natascha Bing, Prachi Gupta, Ralf Haekel, Kathrin Härtl, Idreas Khandy, Theresa Krampe, Lukas Lammers, Arhea Marshall, Hannah Pardey, Sina Schuhmaier, Hanna Teichler, Michael Westphal.

Contents:

List of Tables and Figures

Notes on Contributors and Editors

Nationalism and the Postcolonial: An Introduction

Sandra Dinter

PART 1

The Languages of Nationalism

1 The Nationalist Ideology of Monolingualism in Postcolonial Theory

Michael Westphal

2 Talking Kenya*n

Dynamic Practices for a Heterogeneous Nation

Natascha Bing

3 The Hindi Language and the Imagination of the Indian Nation

Ramchandra Shukla's Construction of Indian Civilization

Prachi Gupta

PART 2

The Songs and Sounds of Nationalism

4 Singing the Postcolonial Independent in Trinbagonian Calypso

Arhea Marshall

5 Singing the Nation

The Condition of Englishness in the Lyrics of PJ Harvey and Kate Tempest

Sina Schuhmaier

PART 3

Nationalisms in Postcolonial Popular Culture

6 Pop Culture

A Vehicle of State Nationalism in India

Idreas Khandy

7 Meet the 'Holy Family'

From Multicultural Australia to Enforced Reconciliation in Baz Luhrmann's Australia (2008)

Hanna Teichler

8 Intersections of Race, Sexuality, and National Identity in BioWare's Mass Effect

Theresa Krampe

PART 4

Nationalisms in Postcolonial Literatures

9 Blind Spots

Nationalism and the Photographic Gaze in Teju Cole's Every Day Is for the Thief

Ralf Haekel

10 Emotional Nationalism in the New Nigerian Novel

Hannah Pardey

11 The British Empire and the 'Laureate of Its Demise'

Postimperial Nostalgia in Jane Gardam's Old Filth Trilogy

Lukas Lammers

12 'Bastardizing' National Belonging

Derek Walcott and Joseph Conrad

Kathrin Härtl

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-46431-X

OCLC:

1251739626

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004464315 DOI