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The Postcolonial Subject in Transit : Migration, Borders and Subjectivity in Contemporary African Diaspora Literature.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transforming Literary StudiesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (175 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498563840
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Postcolonial Subject in TransitDDC classification:
  • 820.996
LOC classification:
  • PR9340.5 .P678 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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