New Postcolonial British Genres

Shifting the Boundaries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This study analyses four new genres of literature and film that have evolved to accommodate and negotiate the changing face of postcolonial Britain since 1990: British Muslim Bildungsromane, gothic tales of postcolonial England, the subcultural urban novel and multicultural British comedy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-09-07
Mått:140 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:396 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:206
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137505217

Utforska kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Sarah Ilott is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at Teesside University, UK. Her main research and teaching interests are in postcolonial literature and twenty-first century British literature. She has published journal articles on postcolonial literature and multicultural screen comedy, and has taught at Lancaster University – where she gained her PhD in 2013 – as well as at the University of Birmingham.

Recensioner i media

"Ilott (Teesside Univ., UK) expands the notion of the postcolonial by situating the postcolonial immigrant within the metropolis and thus challenges traditional notions of British identity. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty." (W. T. Martin, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction: Remapping Borders: Postcolonial Britain and Literary/Cinematic Genres 1. British Muslim Bildungsromane 2. Gothic Tales of Postcolonial England 3. The Subcultural Urban Novel 4. Multicultural British Comedy/The Comedy of Multicultural Britain Conclusion: Genre Revisited Bibliography Index