TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fongang,Delphine
AU  - Falola,Toyin
AU  - Afolayan,Bosede Funke
AU  - Bhat,Shilpa Daithota
AU  - Ford,Na'Imah
AU  - Jick,Henry Kah
AU  - Kamara,Samuel
AU  - Maver,Igor
AU  - Ncube,Gibson
AU  - Ogunyankin,Grace Adeniyi
TI  - The Postcolonial Subject in Transit: Migration, Borders and Subjectivity in Contemporary African Diaspora Literature
T2  - Transforming Literary Studies
SN  - 9781498563840
AV  - PR9340.5 .P678 2018 
U1  - 820.996 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
KW  - African diaspora in literature
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- The Postcolonial Subject in Transit -- The Postcolonial Subject in Transit -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contemporary Diasporic African Writers Capturing The Migrant Experience -- The Essays In This Collection -- References -- Part I -- GLOBALIZATION, MIGRATION, AND BORDER CRISSCROSSING -- Chapter 1 -- Migration and African Diasporic Constructions in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's -- The Question Of Contact -- Nigeria: Chasing Its Best Resources -- Glocalism: The Multicultural Option In -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Inescapable Predicament -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Politics of Migration -- Dreams, Reality, And Shattered Hopes In Okey Ndibe's -- Hope Deferred, Disillusionment, And Travails In A Strange Land In Noviolet Bulawayo's -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II -- LIMINAL SPACES, HYBRIDITY, AND GENDERED IDENTITIES -- Chapter 4 -- Black Americans and American Blacks -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Teju Cole's Transcultural Urban Novel -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Entrapment and Dislocation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 -- Mirror and Sexuality -- Trope Of Mirror/mirroring -- Eyes And Faces As Mirror -- Female Sexuality -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III -- RECONNECTING WITH THE HOMELAND -- Chapter 8 -- The Return of the Native -- Introduction -- Narrating Home And Diasporic Subjectivity -- Identity And Subjectivity -- Colonialism And Memory In Returnee Discourse -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9 -- Arrivals, Geographies, and "The Usual Reply" in Emily Raboteau's -- References -- Chapter 10 -- Dislocation, Mimicry, and the Geography of Home in Sefi Atta's -- Deola: "home" As Point Of Origin -- Bandele: In Search Of Home -- Subu: Home Away From "home" -- Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors
N2  - Reconstructing transnational identities in postcolonial migration, The Postcolonial Subject in Transit highlights the complexities of cultural hybridity in contemporary African diasporic literature. It captures migrants' desire for cultural inclusivity in disputed borders and locations of the West
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