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'Race and Antiracism in Black British and British Asian Literature'
offers the first extended exploration of the cultural impact of the
politics of race and antiracism in Britain through focussing on a
selection of recent novels by black British and British Asian
writers. The study argues that an understanding of how race and
ethnicity function in contemporary Britain can only be gained
through attention to antiracism: the politics of opposing
discrimination that manifest at the level of state legislation,
within local and national activism, and inside the scholarly
exploration of race. It is antiracism that now most strongly
conditions the emergence of racial categorisations but also of
racial identities and models of behaviour. This sense of how
antiracism may determine the form and content of both political
debate and individual identity is traced through an examination of
ten novels by black British and British Asian writers. These
authors range from the well known to the critically neglected:
works by Monica Ali, Nadeem Aslam, Fred D'Aguiar, Ferdinand Dennis,
Hanif Kureishi, Gautam Malkani, Caryl Phillips, Mike Phillips,
Zadie Smith, and Meera Syal are carefully read to explore the
impacts of antiracism. These literary studies are grouped into
three main themes, each of which is central to the direction of
racial political identities over the last two decades in Britain:
the use of the continent of Africa as a symbolic focus for black
political culture; the changing forms of Muslim culture in Britain;
and the emergence of a multiculturalist ethos based around the
notion of ethnic communities.
'Race and Antiracism in Black British and British Asian Literature'
offers the first extended exploration of the cultural impact of the
politics of race and antiracism in Britain through focussing on a
selection of recent novels by black British and British Asian
writers. The study argues that an understanding of how race and
ethnicity function in contemporary Britain can only be gained
through attention to antiracism: the politics of opposing
discrimination that manifest at the level of state legislation,
within local and national activism, and inside the scholarly
exploration of race. It is antiracism that now most strongly
conditions the emergence of racial categorisations but also of
racial identities and models of behaviour. This sense of how
antiracism may determine the form and content of both political
debate and individual identity is traced through an examination of
ten novels by black British and British Asian writers. These
authors range from the well known to the critically neglected:
works by Monica Ali, Nadeem Aslam, Fred D'Aguiar, Ferdinand Dennis,
Hanif Kureishi, Gautam Malkani, Caryl Phillips, Mike Phillips,
Zadie Smith, and Meera Syal are carefully read to explore the
impacts of antiracism. These literary studies are grouped into
three main themes, each of which is central to the direction of
racial political identities over the last two decades in Britain:
the use of the continent of Africa as a symbolic focus for black
political culture; the changing forms of Muslim culture in Britain;
and the emergence of a multiculturalist ethos based around the
notion of ethnic communities.
This Guide addresses the key concerns of postcolonial literary
criticism in the twenty-first century. The focus is on the
development of effective comparative readings of postcolonial
writing drawn from a wide range of locations. Examples of
literature from Africa, Australasia, Canada, the Caribbean, Ireland
and South Asia are all explored in an account that attempts not to
minimise the contrasts between traditions, but rather to stimulate
a productive sense of cross-cultural analysis. Established and
emerging literary figures are examined alongside one another in a
series of thematic chapters that cover such issues as the
challenges of the English language, the shifting forms of violence
in postcolonial societies, the experiences of settlement and
belonging and the need to articulate new historical narratives.
Postcolonial Literature also offers a clear guide to navigating the
often difficult terrain of postcolonial theory, relating
discussions of both seminal and more recent theoretical positions
to a range of literary texts and exploring some of the important
connections between postcolonial studies and other contemporary
developments in literary criticism. Key Features * Examines a wide
range of examples from a diverse set of postcolonial locations *
Engages with both canonical postcolonial authors and newly emerging
voices * Key strands in postcolonial theory demonstrated through
detailed readings of literary examples including Achebe's Things
Fall Apart, Ken Saro-Wiwa's Sozaboy, Sam Selvon's The Lonely
Londoners; James Berry's Windrush Songs; Shani Mootoo's Cereus
Blooms at Night, Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy, Zadie Smith's White
Teeth; Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, Mohsin Hamid's The
Reluctant Fundamentalist, V S Naipaul's A Bend in the River and
Anita Desai's A Clear Light of Day. * Thematic approach allows for
development of comparative critical perspective * Provides Student
Resources section, including a detailed glossary of important terms
and essay writing advice
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