Other Britain, Other British

Contemporary Multicultural Fiction

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

Britain may have ceded empire and colonies, but its colonial past permeates every corner of the land - from street-names and restaurants to second and third generation 'immigrant' communities - embracing a diversity of peoples from the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In literary and cultural terms, another Britain - largely but not exclusively non-white - is being formulated. How has the changing make-up of population and self-expression found voice in literature and literary fiction?In this wide ranging study of postcolonial and immigrant writing in Britain, ten contributors - including Booker shortlist nominee Abdulrazak Gurnah - examine the extent to which Britain's colonial heritage has shaped present-day formulations of British culture. Covering the work of key writers - including Timothy Mo, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Caryl Phillips, Hanif Kureishi, Kazuo Ishiguro and David Dabydeen - this collection explores how such writers bring very different critical sensibilities to bear on literary conventions. Also examined are the literary contributions of writers from Jewish Britain, Irish-Britain and Australasian Britain.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-11-20
Mått:140 x 216 x 12 mm
Vikt:271 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745306469

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

A. Robert Lee is Professor of American Literature at Nihon University, Tokyo, having previously taught at the University of Kent at Canterbury. His previous Pluto Press books include A Permanent Etcetera: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Post-War America (1993), Other Britain, Other British: Contemporary Multicultural Fiction (1995) and Beat Generation Writers (1996).

Recensioner i media

'A useful and significant book, the first that I know of specifically concerned with how British literature is changing and being redefined by its minorities, immigrants, Commonwealth relations, and by such ideas as multiculturalism and postcolonialism'

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by A Robert Lee (University of Kent at Canterbury)1. Displacement and Transformation in 'The Enigma of Arrival' and 'The Satanic Verses' by Abdulrazak Gurnah (University of Kent at Canterbury)2. Wintering: Making a Home in Britain by Louis James (University of Kent at Canterbury)3. Setting up Home in a City of Words: Sam Sevlon's London Novels by Sucheila Nasta (Queen Mary and Westfield College, Univ of London)4. Changing the Script: Sex, Lies and Videotapes in Hanif Kureishi, by David Dabydeen and Mike Phillips and A.Robert Lee5. New Nations, New Selves: The Novels of Timothy Mo and Kazuo Ishiguro by Laura Hall (University of California at Berkeley)Long Day's Journey: The Novels of Abdulrazak Gurnah by A Robert Lee6. Negotiating the Self: Jewish Fiction in Britain since 1945 by Michael Woolf (Director, Council for International Exchange, London)7. 'Launcelot's Position': The Fiction of Irish-Britain by Eamonn Hughes (Queen's University Belfast)8. 'In Search of the Lost Tribe': Janet Frame's England by Rod Edmond (University of Kent at Canterbury)9. England from the Antipodes: Images of England in Australian Fiction, 1960-1988 by Gay Raines (University of Kent at Canterbury)Notes and ReferencesNotes on ContributorsIndex