| The Postcolonial Subject in Transit: Migration, Borders and Subjectivity in Contemporary African Diaspora Literature Contributor(s): Fongang, Delphine (Editor), Falola, Toyin (Foreword by), Afolayan, Bosede Funke (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1498563856 ISBN-13: 9781498563857 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $44.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.996 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 9" (0.58 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Postcolonial Subject in Transit presents in-depth analyses of the complex transitional migratory identities evident in emerging African diasporic writings. It provides insights into the hybridity of the migrant experience, where the migrant struggles to negotiate new cultural spaces. It shows that while some migrants successfully adapt and integrate into new Western locales, others exist at the margins unable to fully negotiate cultural difference. The diaspora becomes a space for opportunities and economic mobility, as well as alienation and uncertainties. This illuminates the heterogeneity of the African diasporic narrative; expanding the dialogue of the diaspora, from one of simply loss and melancholia to self-realization and empowerment. |