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Mongrel nation : diasporic culture and the making of postcolonial Britain /

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Mongrel Nation surveys the history of the United Kingdom's African, Asian, and Caribbean populations from 1948 to the present, working at the juncture of cultural studies, literary criticism, and postcolonial theory. Ashley Dawson argues that during the past fifty years Asian and black intellec...

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Main Author: Dawson, Ashley, 1965-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2007]
Subjects:
English literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Commonwealth literature (English) > History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Postcolonialism > Great Britain.
Cultural pluralism > Great Britain.
Ethnic groups > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Commonwealth literature (English)
Cultural pluralism.
English literature.
English literature > Minority authors.
Ethnic groups.
Literature and society.
Postcolonialism.
Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
1900-1999
Literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Mongrel Nation surveys the history of the United Kingdom's African, Asian, and Caribbean populations from 1948 to the present, working at the juncture of cultural studies, literary criticism, and postcolonial theory. Ashley Dawson argues that during the past fifty years Asian and black intellectuals from Sam Selvon to Zadie Smith have continually challenged the United Kingdom's exclusionary definitions of citizenship, using innovative forms of cultural expression to reconfigure definitions of belonging in the postcolonial age. By examining popular culture and exploring topics such as the nexus of race and gender, the growth of transnational politics, and the clash between first- and second-generation immigrants, Dawson broadens and enlivens the field of postcolonial studies.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 226 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-219) and index.
ISBN:9780472025053
0472025058
9780472900978
0472900978