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100 1 _aFongang, Delphine.
245 1 4 _aThe Postcolonial Subject in Transit :
_bMigration, Borders and Subjectivity in Contemporary African Diaspora Literature.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBlue Ridge Summit :
_bLexington Books/Fortress Academic,
_c2018.
264 4 _c©2018.
300 _a1 online resource (175 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aTransforming Literary Studies
505 0 _aCover -- 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.
520 _aReconstructing 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aAfrican diaspora in literature.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aFalola, Toyin.
700 1 _aAfolayan, Bosede Funke.
700 1 _aBhat, Shilpa Daithota.
700 1 _aFord, Na'Imah.
700 1 _aJick, Henry Kah.
700 1 _aKamara, Samuel.
700 1 _aMaver, Igor.
700 1 _aNcube, Gibson.
700 1 _aOgunyankin, Grace Adeniyi.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aFongang, Delphine
_tThe Postcolonial Subject in Transit
_dBlue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic,c2018
_z9781498563833
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aTransforming Literary Studies
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5217762
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