Migrant Identities of «Creole Cosmopolitans»

Transcultural Narratives of Contemporary Postcoloniality

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Study Aids, ESL, Foreign Languages
Cover of the book Migrant Identities of «Creole Cosmopolitans» by , Peter Lang
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781454192343
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: August 6, 2014
Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781454192343
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: August 6, 2014
Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Language: English

One defining question links the essays of this collection: How do aesthetic and stylistic choices perform the condition of dislocation of the migrant and, in doing so, also put pressure on the seemingly global promise of cosmopolitanism? Migrant Identities of «Creole Cosmopolitans»: Transcultural Narratives of Contemporary Postcoloniality offers a wide array of narratives that complicate the rhetoric of cosmopolitanism and the related discourses of «hybridity». Many such narratives are under-theorized migrations, such as Dalit narratives from India and inter-island migrations in the Caribbean. Collectively, the essays suggest that there are ways in which the forms of the migrant aesthetics, language, and imaginaries may offer new insights in the interactions between practices and discourses of hybridity and cosmopolitanism by examining their precise points of intersection and divergence. This inquiry is especially timely because it raises questions about the circulation, marketing, and consumption of narratives of migration, dislocation, and «diaspora.»
In addition, the collection addresses in at least two significant ways the question about «beyond postcolonialism» and the future of the discipline. First, by questioning and critically examining some foundational theories in postcolonialism, it points to possible new directions in our theoretical vocabulary. Second, it offers an array of reflections around disparate geographies that are, equally importantly, written in different languages. The value that the authors place on languages other than English and their choice to focus on the effect that multiple languages have on the present of postcolonial studies are in line with one of the aims of the collection – to make the case for a multilingual expansion of the postcolonial imaginary as a necessary imperative.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

One defining question links the essays of this collection: How do aesthetic and stylistic choices perform the condition of dislocation of the migrant and, in doing so, also put pressure on the seemingly global promise of cosmopolitanism? Migrant Identities of «Creole Cosmopolitans»: Transcultural Narratives of Contemporary Postcoloniality offers a wide array of narratives that complicate the rhetoric of cosmopolitanism and the related discourses of «hybridity». Many such narratives are under-theorized migrations, such as Dalit narratives from India and inter-island migrations in the Caribbean. Collectively, the essays suggest that there are ways in which the forms of the migrant aesthetics, language, and imaginaries may offer new insights in the interactions between practices and discourses of hybridity and cosmopolitanism by examining their precise points of intersection and divergence. This inquiry is especially timely because it raises questions about the circulation, marketing, and consumption of narratives of migration, dislocation, and «diaspora.»
In addition, the collection addresses in at least two significant ways the question about «beyond postcolonialism» and the future of the discipline. First, by questioning and critically examining some foundational theories in postcolonialism, it points to possible new directions in our theoretical vocabulary. Second, it offers an array of reflections around disparate geographies that are, equally importantly, written in different languages. The value that the authors place on languages other than English and their choice to focus on the effect that multiple languages have on the present of postcolonial studies are in line with one of the aims of the collection – to make the case for a multilingual expansion of the postcolonial imaginary as a necessary imperative.

More books from Peter Lang

Cover of the book Grenzueberschreitende Kindesentfuehrung by
Cover of the book Fach- und Rechtsfragen des Bebauungsplans by
Cover of the book Preaching and the Theological Imagination by
Cover of the book Ville infectée, ville déshumanisée by
Cover of the book Loneliness and Solitude in Education by
Cover of the book Praeventive Aufsicht der Europaeischen Union ueber den Bundeshaushalt by
Cover of the book Mitgliedstaatliche Repraesentanz in den staendigen Ausschuessen des Europaeischen Parlaments by
Cover of the book Mehrsprachigkeit und Englischunterricht by
Cover of the book William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience by
Cover of the book Old Jewish Commentaries on «The Song of Songs» II by
Cover of the book Trust, Morality, and Markets by
Cover of the book Gesetzliches Unrecht: Die Bedeutung des Begriffs fuer die Aufarbeitung von NS-Verbrechen by
Cover of the book A decision-oriented approach to performance measurement by
Cover of the book «Sawles Warde» and the Wooing Group by
Cover of the book Das Luegenproblem bei Kant by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy