Islanded identities constructions of postcolonial cultural insularity / edited by Maeve McCusker and Anthony Soares.
| Other author | McCusker, Maeve. |
| Other author | Soares, Anthony. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, |
| Description | xxviii, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cross/cultures ; 139 Cross/cultures ; 139. ^A691263 |
| Contents | Island theory : the Antipodes / Matthew Boyd Goldie -- Writing against the tide? Patrick Chamoiseau's (is)land imaginary / Maeve McCusker -- A distinctive disaster literature : Montserrat Island poetry under pressure / Jonathan Skinner -- Rethinking identity and belonging : "Mauritianness" in the work of Ananda Devi / Ritu Tyagi -- From slave to tourist entertainer : performative negotiations of identity and difference in Mauritius / Burkhard Schnepel and Cornelia Scnhepel -- "Amid the alien corn" : British India as human island / Ralph Crane -- Journalism and identity : the red-top hangover and erosions of "island mentality" in postcolonial Ireland / Mark Wehrly -- Western blood in an eastern island : affective identities in Timor-Leste / Anthony Soares -- "No man is an island" : national literary canons, writers, and readers / Lyn Innes -- Impure islands : Europe and a post-imperial polity / Paulo de Medeiros. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographic references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011278298 |
| ISBN | 9789042034068 |
| ISBN | 9042034068 |
| ISBN | 9789401206938 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9401206937 (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |