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Postcolonial London
Title statement Postcolonial London : rewriting the metropolis / John McLeod Personal name McLeod, John (author) Edition statement 1st pub. Issue data Abingdon ; New York, N.Y. ; [Canada] : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2004 Phys.des. x, 210 s. ISBN 0-415-34460-3 (brož.) Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliogarfii a rejstřík Chronological term 1950-2000 Subj. Headings anglická literatura English literature * postkolonialismus postcolonialism Geographic keywords Londýn (Anglie) London (England) Form, Genre studie studies Conspect 821.111.09 - Anglická literatura, anglicky psaná (o ní) UDC 821.111 , 325.8 , (410.1) , (048.8) Country Velká Británie ; Spojené státy americké ; Kanada Language angličtina Access to Shelves FF, katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky Document kind Books book
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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.
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