British Multicultural Literature and Superdiversity

Ulla Rahbek is Associate Professor of Postcolonial Literature at Copenhagen University, Denmark. Her most recent publications are Global Voices (2016) and, with Eva Rask Knudsen, In Search of the Afropolitan: Encounters, Conversations, and Contemporary Diasporic African Literature (2016).

“British Multicultural Literature and Superdiversity is a lucidly written, and convincingly argued book that engages in the role of literature in the public sphere. … British Multicultural Literature and Superdiversity is a compelling read for anyone interested in literary representations of multicultural and superdiverse Britain in the twenty-first century.” (Carolin Gebauer, Anglia, Vol. (139) 1, 2021)“The book recommends itself to scholars and non-specialists. Rahbek’s style is distinguished by its clarity, accessibility and common-sense pragmatism. … Ulla Rahbek’s British Multicultural Literature and Superdiversity is thus a timely intervention on the role of literature in reimagining local, national and diasporic ways of being in a world increasing lacking in multicultural imagination.” (Sneharika Roy, Caliban, French Journal of English Studies, Vol. 63, 2020)

• Chapter 1: Introduction – Old and New Diversity.- Chapter 2: Multicultural Poetry – On Filigrees, Grafting and Mirrors.- Chapter 3: The Multicultural Memoir – A Politics of Recognition for the Individual.- Chapter 4: The Multicultural Novel, Part 1 – Britain Reimagined.- Chapter 5: The Multicultural Novel, Part 2 – Bordered Britain.- Chapter 6: The Multicultural Short Story and Intercultural Conversation.- Chapter 7: Conclusion – The Public Good of (British) Multicultural Literature.