Comparing Postcolonial Literatures : Dislocations

Bringing together a range of critics working in the Hispanic and francophone as well as anglophone postcolonial regions, this book aims to dislocate some of the commonly accepted cultural, linguistic and geographical boundaries that have previously informed postcolonial studies. The book aims in particular to reconsider the role of the British Isles in this field and to bridge the gap between postcolonial literatures in English and those written in other languages. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Notes on the Contributors......Page 9 Introduction......Page 13 Part I On the Border......Page 31 1. Postcolonial Studies and Ireland......Page 33 2. Crossing the Hyphen of History: the Scottish Borders of Anglo-Irishness......Page 43 3. The Politics of Hybridity: Some Problems with Crossing the Border......Page 55 Part II Diasporas......Page 69 4. Inside-Out: Literature, Cultural Identity and Irish Migration to England......Page 71 5. States of Dislocation: William Trevor's Felicia's Journey and Maurice Leitch's Gilchrist......Page 82 6. `It's a Free Country': Visions of Hybridity in the Metropolis......Page 93 7. I Came All the Way from Cuba So I Could I Speak Like This? Cuban and Cubanamerican Literatures in the US......Page 105 Part III Internalized Exiles......Page 117 8. Border Anxieties: Race and Psychoanalysis......Page 119 9. Nationalism's Brandings: Women's Bodies and Narratives of the Partition......Page 134 10. Internalized Exiles: Three Bolivian Writers......Page 146 11. Writing Other Lives: Native American (Post)coloniality and Collaborative (Auto)biography......Page 156 12. `The Limits of Goodwill': the Values and Dangers of Revisionism in Keneally's `Aboriginal' Novels......Page 171 Part IV Versions of Hybridity......Page 187 13. The Trickster at the Border: Cross-Cultural Dialogues in the Caribbean......Page 189 14. Between Speech and Writing:`La nouvelle littérature antillaise'?......Page 205 15. Hybrid Texts: Family, State and Empire in a Poem by Black Cuban Poet Excilia Saldaña......Page 217 16. Beyond Manicheism: Derek Walcott's Henri Christophe and Dream on Monkey Mountain......Page 231 17. `Canvas of Blood': Okigbo's African Modernism......Page 241 Closing Statement: Apprenticeship to the Furies......Page 252 Notes......Page 264 Index......Page 292 Postcolonial studies and Ireland / C.L. Innes Crossing the hyphen of history / Willy Maley The politics of hybridity / Gerry Smyth Inside-out, literature, cultural identity, and Irish migration to England / Aidan Arrowsmith States of dislocation, William Trevor's Felicia's journey and Maurice Leitch's Gilchrist / Liam Harte and Lance Pettitt It's a free country / Geraldine Stoneham I came all the way from Cuba so I could speak like this? / Nara Araújo Border anxieties, race and psychoanalysis / David Marriott Nationalism's brandings, women's bodies and narratives of the partition / Sujala Singh Internalized exiles, three Bolivian writers / Keith Richards Writing other lives, nNtive American (post)coloniality and collaborative (auto)biography / Susan Forsyth "The limits of goodwill," the values and dangers of revisionism in Keneally's "aboriginal" novels / Denise Vernon The trickster at the border, cross-cultural dialogues in the Caribbean / Patricia Murray Between speech and writing, "la nouvelle littérature antillaise?" / Sam Haigh Hybrid texts, family, state, and empire in a poem by black Cuban poet Excilia Saldaña / Catherine Davies Beyond Manicheism, Derek Walcott's Henri Christophe and Dream on Monkey Mountain / John Thieme "Canvas of blood," Okigbo's African modernism / David Richards Closing statement, apprenticeship to the furies / Wilson Harris. Comparing Postcolonial Literatures brings together a range of critics working in the Hispanic and Francophone as well as Anglophone postcolonial regions, in order to investigate and interrogate some of the commonly accepted cultural, linguistic and geographical boundaries that have previously informed postcolonial studies. The book aims, in particular, to reconsider the role of the British Isles in this field, and to bridge the gap between postcolonial literatures in English and those written in other languages. The essays in this stimulating and wide-ranging collection include cross-cultural studies from areas as diverse as Africa, Ireland and Latin America, analyses of specific texts as sites of border conflict and revisions of postcolonial theoretical frameworks. A timely questioning of the categories of a critical field at the point when it is becoming increasingly comparative, this volume seeks to suggest more dynamic ways of working in postcolonial cultural studies

twenty International Contributors From A Range Of Disciplines Related To Language And Literature Counteract The Tradition Of Isolated Studies Of Postcolonial Literatures In The Various Imperial European Languagesspanish, French, And English. Linguistic Isolationism, Say The Editors, Tends To Encourage The Reading Of Postcolonial Literatures In Relation To The Language And Culture Of The Colonial Power, Thus Undervaluing Multiple Processes Of Influence And Subtly Reasserting Binary Models Of Colonizer And Colonized. A Comparative Approach, It Is Hoped, Will Circumvent Such Linguistic Isolationism. Topics Include Women's Bodies In Relation To The Indian Partition, Hybridity In A Poem By Black Cuban Poet, Excilia Saldaña, And Cross-cultural Dialogues In The Work Of The Caribbean Writer, Wilson Harris. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

Bringing together a range of critics working on the hispanic and francophone as well as anglophone post-colonial regions, this book aims to dislocate some of the commonly accepted cultural, linguistic and geographical boundaries that have previously informed post-colonial studies. Collected essays include: cross-cultural comparisons from areas as diverse as Africa, Ireland and Latin America; analysis of specific texts as sites of border conflict; and revisions of post-colonial theoretical frameworks. A timely questioning of the categories of a critical field at the point when it is becoming increasingly comparative, this volume seeks to suggest more dynamic ways of working in post-colonial cultural studies. "Comparing Postcolonial Literatures brings together a range of critics working in the Hispanic and Francophone as well as Anglophone postcolonial regions, in order to investigate and interrogate some of the commonly accepted cultural, linguistic and geographical boundaries that have previously informed postcolonial studies. The book aims, in particular, to reconsider the role of the British Isles in this field, and to bridge the gap between postcolonial literatures in English and those written in other languages."--BOOK JACKET. Recently I was asked to contribute an essay on cultural nationalism to a book on postcolonial literatures.