Mongrel nation : diasporic culture and the making of postcolonial Britain / Ashley Dawson.

Author/creator Dawson, Ashley, 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2007.
Descriptionviii, 226 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
English literature--Minority authors. --History and criticism.
English literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Literature and society--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Postcolonialism--Great Britain.
Cultural pluralism--Great Britain.
Ethnic groups--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.

Contents Colonization in reverse : an introduction -- "In the big city the sex life gone wild" : migration, gender, and identity in Sam Selvon's The lonely Londoners -- Black power in a transnational frame : radical populism and the Caribbean Artists Movement -- Behind the mask : carnival politics and British identity in Linton Kwesi Johnson's dub poetry -- Beyond imperial feminism : Buchi Emecheta's London novels and Black British women's emancipation -- Heritage politics of the soul : immigration and identity in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses -- Genetics, biotechnology, and the future of "race" in Zadie Smith's White teeth -- Conclusion : "Step back from the blow back" : Asian hip-hop and post-9/11 Britain.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-219) and index.
LCCN 2006036421
ISBN9780472099917 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0472099914 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780472069910 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0472069918 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR120.M55 D39 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold