The Resource Writing displacement : home and identity in contemporary post-colonial English fiction, Akram Al Deek
Writing displacement : home and identity in contemporary post-colonial English fiction, Akram Al Deek
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The item Writing displacement : home and identity in contemporary post-colonial English fiction, Akram Al Deek represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
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- "Using the Palestinian exilic displacements as a critical tool and compass to find intersecting points of reference with the Caribbean, Indian, African, Chinese, and Pakistani dispersions, Writing Displacement studies the metamorphosis of the politics of home and identity amongst different migrant nationals subsequent to the end of WWII and into the start of the new millennium. This book troubles the ideas of citizenship and national belonging and celebrates the freedom to be 'out of place' which opens doors for and promotes rediscovery of materials that have been repressed or 'pushed aside' in cultural translation. Displacement falls somewhere between nationalism and nomadology, challenging racism and mental ghettoisation; writing displacement opens doors for critical and aesthetic distance and for balancing the central authority between past and present, tradition and modernity. From Sam Selvon to Salman Rushdie and Monica Ali, Edward Said to Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall, Writing Displacement reroutes filiation to affiliation"--
- "Using the Palestinian exilic displacements as a tool and compass to find intersecting points of reference with the Caribbean, Indian, African, Chinese, and Pakistani dispersions, Writing Displacement studies the metamorphosis of the politics of home and identity amongst different migrant nationals from the end of WWII into the new millennium"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 204 pages
- Contents
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- Placing Displacement: An Introduction
- Writing Displacement
- Displacing Cultural Identity
- The Windrush Generation: Remapping England and Its Literature
- Masala Fish: Cultural Synthesis and Literary Adventuring
- Promoting Cultural Diversity/Multiculturalism Post-9/11: A Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781137580917
- Label
- Writing displacement : home and identity in contemporary post-colonial English fiction
- Title
- Writing displacement
- Title remainder
- home and identity in contemporary post-colonial English fiction
- Statement of responsibility
- Akram Al Deek
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Displacement (Psychology) in literature
- Displacement (Psychology) in literature
- Displacement (Psychology) in literature
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Exiles' writings
- Exiles' writings -- History and criticism
- Exiles' writings -- History and criticism
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- 1900 - 1999
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Immigrants' writings, English
- Immigrants' writings, English -- History and criticism
- Immigrants' writings, English -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Middle Eastern
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Collective memory in literature
- Collective memory in literature
- Collective memory in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Using the Palestinian exilic displacements as a critical tool and compass to find intersecting points of reference with the Caribbean, Indian, African, Chinese, and Pakistani dispersions, Writing Displacement studies the metamorphosis of the politics of home and identity amongst different migrant nationals subsequent to the end of WWII and into the start of the new millennium. This book troubles the ideas of citizenship and national belonging and celebrates the freedom to be 'out of place' which opens doors for and promotes rediscovery of materials that have been repressed or 'pushed aside' in cultural translation. Displacement falls somewhere between nationalism and nomadology, challenging racism and mental ghettoisation; writing displacement opens doors for critical and aesthetic distance and for balancing the central authority between past and present, tradition and modernity. From Sam Selvon to Salman Rushdie and Monica Ali, Edward Said to Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall, Writing Displacement reroutes filiation to affiliation"--
- "Using the Palestinian exilic displacements as a tool and compass to find intersecting points of reference with the Caribbean, Indian, African, Chinese, and Pakistani dispersions, Writing Displacement studies the metamorphosis of the politics of home and identity amongst different migrant nationals from the end of WWII into the new millennium"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1984-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Al Deek, Akram
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English fiction
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Displacement (Psychology) in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Immigrants' writings, English
- Exiles' writings
- Collective memory in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Collective memory in literature
- Displacement (Psychology) in literature
- English fiction
- Exiles' writings
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Immigrants' writings, English
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Label
- Writing displacement : home and identity in contemporary post-colonial English fiction, Akram Al Deek
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Placing Displacement: An Introduction -- Writing Displacement -- Displacing Cultural Identity -- The Windrush Generation: Remapping England and Its Literature -- Masala Fish: Cultural Synthesis and Literary Adventuring -- Promoting Cultural Diversity/Multiculturalism Post-9/11: A Conclusion
- Control code
- 922639522
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 204 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137580917
- Lccn
- 2015030570
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)922639522
- Label
- Writing displacement : home and identity in contemporary post-colonial English fiction, Akram Al Deek
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Placing Displacement: An Introduction -- Writing Displacement -- Displacing Cultural Identity -- The Windrush Generation: Remapping England and Its Literature -- Masala Fish: Cultural Synthesis and Literary Adventuring -- Promoting Cultural Diversity/Multiculturalism Post-9/11: A Conclusion
- Control code
- 922639522
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 204 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137580917
- Lccn
- 2015030570
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)922639522
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Displacement (Psychology) in literature
- Displacement (Psychology) in literature
- Displacement (Psychology) in literature
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Exiles' writings
- Exiles' writings -- History and criticism
- Exiles' writings -- History and criticism
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- 1900 - 1999
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Immigrants' writings, English
- Immigrants' writings, English -- History and criticism
- Immigrants' writings, English -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Middle Eastern
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Collective memory in literature
- Collective memory in literature
- Collective memory in literature
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