Critical Identities in Contemporary Anglophone Diasporic Literature [electronic resource] /
Král, Françoise.author.
The figure of the migrant has been celebrated by some as an icon of postmodernity, an emblematic figure in a world increasingly characterized by transnationalism, globalization and mass migrations. Král takes issue with this view of the migrant experience through in-depth analyses of writers including Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith and Monica Ali.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Paradigmatic Shifts and New Orientations in Diasporic Studies: Mapping the Site of Intervention; 2 Identity, Interstitiality and Diaspora; 3 Interstitiality, Authenticity, Postmodernity; 4 Shaky Ground, New Territorialities and the Diasporic Subject; 5 Disjunction, Ethics and the Diasporic Subject; 6 Language(s) and the Diasporic Subject; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The figure of the migrant has been celebrated by some as an icon of postmodernity, an emblematic figure in a world increasingly characterized by transnationalism, globalization and mass migrations. Král takes issue with this view of the migrant experience through in-depth analyses of writers including Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith and Monica Ali.
Literature   .
Fiction.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
British literature.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Fiction.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.