Mongrel Nation : Diasporic Culture and the Making of Postcolonial Britain / Ashley Dawson.
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- 9780472900978
- Ethnic groups -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Cultural pluralism -- Great Britain
- Postcolonialism -- Great Britain
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Minorities in literature
- Immigrants in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism
- English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism
- 820.9/3552 22
- PR120.M55 D39 2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-219) and index.
Colonization in reverse : an introduction -- "In the big city the sex life gone wild" : migration, gender, and identity in Sam Selvon's The lonely Londoners -- Black power in a transnational frame : radical populism and the Caribbean Artists Movement -- Behind the mask : carnival politics and British identity in Linton Kwesi Johnson's dub poetry -- Beyond imperial feminism : Buchi Emecheta's London novels and Black British women's emancipation -- Heritage politics of the soul : immigration and identity in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses -- Genetics, biotechnology, and the future of "race" in Zadie Smith's White teeth -- Conclusion : "Step back from the blow back" : Asian hip-hop and post-9/11 Britain.
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