Mongrel Nation : Diasporic Culture and the Making of Postcolonial Britain.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | University of Michigan Press |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0472900978 0472099914 1282591479 9786612591471 0472025058 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |