Mongrel nation : diasporic culture and the making of postcolonial Britain /
Dawson, Ashley, 1965-
Mongrel nation : diasporic culture and the making of postcolonial Britain / Ashley Dawson. - 1 online resource - Knowledge Unlatched Select 2017 (on order) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Colonization in reverse : an introduction -- "In the big city the sex life gone wild" : migration, gender, and identity in Sam Selvon's The lonely Londoners -- Black power in a transnational frame : radical populism and the Caribbean Artists Movement -- Behind the mask : carnival politics and British identity in Linton Kwesi Johnson's dub poetry -- Beyond imperial feminism : Buchi Emecheta's London novels and Black British women's emancipation -- Heritage politics of the soul : immigration and identity in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses -- Genetics, biotechnology, and the future of "race" in Zadie Smith's White teeth -- Conclusion : "Step back from the blow back" : Asian hip-hop and post-9/11 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 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.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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.
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English.
9780472025053 0472025058 1282591479 9781282591479 9786612591471 6612591471 9780472900978 0472900978
10.3998/mpub.206486
22573/ctv3zpm9k JSTOR 100928 Knowledge Unlatched
2020706723
1900-1999
Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.
Cultural pluralism--Great Britain.
English literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Ethnic groups--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Immigrants in literature.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Minorities in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Postcolonialism--Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Commonwealth literature (English)
Cultural pluralism.
English literature.
English literature--Minority authors.
Ethnic groups.
Immigrants in literature.
Literature and society.
Minorities in literature.
Postcolonialism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Great Britain.
Literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR120.M55
820.9/3552
Mongrel nation : diasporic culture and the making of postcolonial Britain / Ashley Dawson. - 1 online resource - Knowledge Unlatched Select 2017 (on order) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Colonization in reverse : an introduction -- "In the big city the sex life gone wild" : migration, gender, and identity in Sam Selvon's The lonely Londoners -- Black power in a transnational frame : radical populism and the Caribbean Artists Movement -- Behind the mask : carnival politics and British identity in Linton Kwesi Johnson's dub poetry -- Beyond imperial feminism : Buchi Emecheta's London novels and Black British women's emancipation -- Heritage politics of the soul : immigration and identity in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses -- Genetics, biotechnology, and the future of "race" in Zadie Smith's White teeth -- Conclusion : "Step back from the blow back" : Asian hip-hop and post-9/11 Britain.
Use copy Open Access
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.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9780472025053 0472025058 1282591479 9781282591479 9786612591471 6612591471 9780472900978 0472900978
10.3998/mpub.206486
22573/ctv3zpm9k JSTOR 100928 Knowledge Unlatched
2020706723
1900-1999
Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.
Cultural pluralism--Great Britain.
English literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Ethnic groups--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Immigrants in literature.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Minorities in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Postcolonialism--Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Commonwealth literature (English)
Cultural pluralism.
English literature.
English literature--Minority authors.
Ethnic groups.
Immigrants in literature.
Literature and society.
Minorities in literature.
Postcolonialism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Great Britain.
Literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR120.M55
820.9/3552