Postcolonial London: Rewriting the metropolis

by McLeod, John

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Full title :Postcolonial London : Rewriting the metropolis

Summary

London's histories of migration and settlement and the resulting diverse, hybrid communities have engendered new forms of social and cultural activity reflected in a wealth of novels, poems, films and songs. Postcolonial London explores the imaginative transformation of the city by African, Asian, Caribbean and South Pacific writers since the 1950s. John McLeod engages freshly with the work of both well-known and emergent writers, including Sam Selvon, Doris Lessing, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Colin MacInnes, Bernardine Evaristo, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Fred D'Aguiar. In reading a select body of writing in its social contexts and exploring contrasting attitudes to London's diasporic transformation, he traces an exciting history of resistance to the prejudice and racism that have at least in part characterised the postcolonial city. Rewritings of London, he argues, bear witness to the determination, imagination and creativity of the city's migrants and their descendants. This is a superb study of the ways in which 'imperial centre' might be rewritten as postcolonial metropolis. It represents essential reading for those interested in British or postcolonial literature, or in theorisations of the city and metropolitan culture.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004

The Physical Object

Description:210 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0415344603, 9780415344609, 041534459X, 9780415344593
oclc:ocn474496636
LC Classification:PR8478
Dewey Decimal:820.93242109045

Subjects

Authors, Commonwealth -- Homes and haun… Authors, English -- Homes and haunts Authors, English -- Homes and haunts --… Commonwealth literature (English) Commonwealth literature (English) -- Hi… Criticism, interpretation, etc Écrivains du Commonwealth -- Résidences… England -- London English Literature English literature -- History and criti… English literature -- History and criti… Intellectual life Literature Littérature anglaise -- Histoire et cri… Littérature anglaise -- Histoire et cri… Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) … London (England) -- In literature London (England) -- Intellectual life -… Londres (Angleterre) -- Vie intellectue… postcolonialism