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A watershed moment of the twentieth century, the end of empire saw
upheavals to global power structures and national identities.
However, decolonisation profoundly affected individual
subjectivities too. Life Writing After Empire examines how people
around the globe have made sense of the post-imperial condition
through the practice of life writing in its multifarious
expressions, from auto/biography through travel writing to oral
history and photography. Through interdisciplinary approaches that
draw on literature and history alike, the contributors explore how
we might approach these genres differently in order to understand
how individual life writing reflects broader societal changes. From
far-flung corners of the former British Empire, people have turned
to life writing to manage painful or nostalgic memories, as well as
to think about the past and future of the nation anew through the
personal experience. In a range of innovative and insightful
contributions, some of the foremost scholars of the field challenge
the way we think about narrative, memory and identity after empire.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Life
Writing.
A watershed moment of the twentieth century, the end of empire saw
upheavals to global power structures and national identities.
However, decolonisation profoundly affected individual
subjectivities too. Life Writing After Empire examines how people
around the globe have made sense of the post-imperial condition
through the practice of life writing in its multifarious
expressions, from auto/biography through travel writing to oral
history and photography. Through interdisciplinary approaches that
draw on literature and history alike, the contributors explore how
we might approach these genres differently in order to understand
how individual life writing reflects broader societal changes. From
far-flung corners of the former British Empire, people have turned
to life writing to manage painful or nostalgic memories, as well as
to think about the past and future of the nation anew through the
personal experience. In a range of innovative and insightful
contributions, some of the foremost scholars of the field challenge
the way we think about narrative, memory and identity after empire.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Life
Writing.
While the British Empire is long gone, it survives as a recurring
flashpoint in heated debates about the present and future of
Britain and the nations over which Britain once ruled. Embers of
Empire in Brexit Britain turns a critical eye to the widely-held
notion that the long shadow of the imperial past has much to answer
for, and asks to what extent should the residual after-effects of
Britain's colonial empire be taken at face value? From the 'Rhodes
must fall' controversy and contested anniversaries to immigration
scares and the question of what Britishness is in a post-imperial
world, an eclectic mix of expert researchers, writers and
commentators consider the legacy of the British empire in the
battle over Brexit. As the United Kingdom haggles its way out of
the European Union and casts about for an alternative future, this
volume shows how the memory of the empire is still as potent a
political force as ever.
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