The postcolonial subject in transit : migration, borders, and subjectivity in contemporary African diaspora literature
edited by Delphine Fongang ; foreword by Toyin Falola
Bok Engelsk 2018
| Utgitt | Lexington Books , 2018
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| Omfang | X, 161 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: Transitional identity and cultural ambiguity in diasporic African literature / Delphine Fongang -- Migration and African diasporic constructions in Chimamanda N. Adichie's Americanah / Henry Kah Jick and Kelvin Ngong Toh -- Inescapable predicament : migration and diasporic identity in Brian Chikwava's Harare North / Delphine Fongang -- Politics of migration : dreams, illusions and reality in Okey Ndibe's Foreign Gods Inc. and Noviolet Bulawayo's We need new names / Bosede Funke Afolayan -- Black Americans and American Blacks : transnational identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah / Na'Imah H. Ford -- In search of self : Teju Cole's transcultural urban novel Open city / Igor Maver -- Entrapment and dislocation : migration and the construction of "queer" subjectivity in contemporary North African literary narratives / Gibson Ncube -- Mirror and sexuality : double oppression of African female diasporic subjects in Hannah Khoury's So pretty an African / Samuel Kamara -- "The return of the native" : discourse of the homecoming "returnee" migrant in the narratives of M. G. Vassanji / Shilpa Daithota Bhat -- Arrivals, geographies, and "the usual reply" in Emily Raboteau's Searching for Zion / Nicole Stamant -- Dislocation, mimicry and the geography of home in Sefi Atta's A bit of difference / Grace Adeniyi Ogunyankin -- Conclusion: emerging perspectives in African diasporic literature.
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| Emner | Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi , 1977- : Americanah : (NO-TrBIB)6076727
Atta, Sefi : A bit of difference : (NO-TrBIB)5077948 Bulawayo, NoViolet , 1981- : We need new names : (NO-TrBIB)13051906 Chikwava, Brian : Harare North : (NO-TrBIB)1533887358332 Vis mer... Cole, Teju , 1975- : Open city : (NO-TrBIB)11068580
Khoury, Hanna : So pretty an African : (NO-TrBIB)12035042 Ndibe, Okey : Foreign Gods, Inc. : (NO-TrBIB)1002161 Raboteau, Emily : Searching for Zion : (NO-TrBIB)1542227319660 Vassanji, M. G. , 1950- : (NO-TrBIB)90265719 African diaspora in literature. African literature (English) - History and criticism. Postcolonialism in literature. Afrikansk litteratur : (NO-TrBIB)HUME06870 Diaspora : (NO-TrBIB)HUME15215 Engelsk litteratur : (NO-TrBIB)HUME06885 Grenser : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09059 Migrasjon : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09249 Postkolonialisme : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09661 |
| Geografisk emneord | Afrika : (NO-TrBIB)HUME01540
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| ISBN | 978-1-4985-6383-3
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