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Postcolonial Youth in Contemporary British Fiction

Postcolonial Youth in Contemporary British Fiction - Youth in a Globalizing World

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Publisher's Synopsis

The concepts of 'youth' and the 'postcolonial' both inhabit a liminal locus where new ways of being in the world are rehearsed and struggle for recognition against the impositions of dominant power structures. Departing from this premise, the present volume focuses on the experience of postcolonial youngsters in contemporary Britain as rendered in fiction, thus envisioning the postcolonial as a site of fruitful and potentially transformative friction between different identitary variables or sociocultural interpellations. In so doing, this volume provides varied evidence of the ability of literature-and of the short story genre, in particular-to represent and swiftly respond to a rapidly changing world as well as to the new socio-cultural realities and conflicts affecting our current global order and the generations to come.

Contributors are: Isabel M. Andrés-Cuevas, Isabel Carrera-Suárez, Claire Chambers, Blanka Grzegorczyk, Bettina Jansen, Indrani Karmakar, Carmen Lara-Rallo, Laura Marìa Lojo-Rodrìguez, Noemì Pereira-Ares, Gérald Préher, Susanne Reichl, Carla Rodrìguez-González, Jorge Sacido-Romero, Karima Thomas and Laura Torres-Zúñiga.

About the Publisher

Brill

Founded in 1683, Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and a strong international focus. The company's head office is in Leiden, (The Netherlands) with a branch office in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). Brill's publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences.

Book information

ISBN: 9789004464254
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.9209
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 673g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm