The Postcolonial Subject in Transit
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The Postcolonial Subject in Transit

Migration, Borders and Subjectivity in Contemporary African Diaspora Literature

  1. 175 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Postcolonial Subject in Transit

Migration, Borders and Subjectivity in Contemporary African Diaspora Literature

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Postcolonial Subject in Transit
  3. The Postcolonial Subject in Transit
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I
  9. GLOBALIZATION, MIGRATION, AND BORDER CRISSCROSSING
  10. Chapter 1
  11. Migration and African Diasporic Constructions in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s
  12. Chapter 2
  13. Inescapable Predicament
  14. Chapter 3
  15. Politics of Migration
  16. Part II
  17. LIMINAL SPACES, HYBRIDITY, AND GENDERED IDENTITIES
  18. Chapter 4
  19. Black Americans and American Blacks
  20. Chapter 5
  21. Teju Cole’s Transcultural Urban Novel
  22. Chapter 6
  23. Entrapment and Dislocation
  24. Chapter 7
  25. Mirror and Sexuality
  26. Part III
  27. RECONNECTING WITH THE HOMELAND
  28. Chapter 8
  29. The Return of the Native
  30. Chapter 9
  31. Arrivals, Geographies, and “The Usual Reply” in Emily Raboteau’s
  32. Chapter 10
  33. Dislocation, Mimicry, and the Geography of Home in Sefi Atta’s
  34. Conclusion
  35. Index
  36. About the Contributors