Diasporas of the Mind : Jewish and Postcolonial Writing and the Nightmare of History
Bryan. Cheyette
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New Haven : Yale University Press , cop. 2013
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (321 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Diaspora and Colonialism""; ""Diaspora and the Holocaust""; ""Diaspora, �Race� and Redemption""; ""The American Diaspora""; ""Diaspora and Postcolonialism""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"". - In this fascinating and erudite book, Bryan Cheyette throws new light on a wide range of modern and contemporary writers - some at the heart of the canon, others more marginal - to explore the power and limitations of the diasporic imagination after the Second World War. Moving from early responses to the death camps and decolonization, through internationally prominent literature after the Second World War, the book culminates in fresh engagements with contemporary Jewish, post-ethnic and postcolonial writers.
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| ISBN | 9780300093186
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