Zadie Smith
Subtitle: critical essays
By: edited by Tracey L. Walters.
Contributors: Walters, Tracey Lorraine.
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780820488066
Subjects: Smith, Zadie -- Criticism and interpretation; English literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Commonwealth literature (English); Postcolonialism -- Commonwealth countries; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Race in literature
Description: "Zadie Smith: Critical Essays is a timely collection of critical articles examining how Zadie Smith's novels and short stories interrogate race, postcolonialism, and identity. Essays explore the various ways Smith approaches issues of race, either by deconstructing notions of race or interrogating the complexity of biracial identity; and how Smith takes on contemporary debates concerning notions of Britishness, Englishness, and Black Britishness. Some essays also consider the shifting identities adopted by those who identify with both British and West Indian, South Asian, or East Asian ancestry. Other essays explore Smith's contemporary postcolonial approach to Britain's colonial legacy, and the difference between how immigrants and first-generation British-born children deal with cultural alienation and displacement. This thought-provoking collection is a much-needed critical tool for students and researchers in both contemporary British literature and Diasporic literature and culture."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.