Reading the `New' Literatures in a Post-Colonial Era
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Reading the `New' Literatures in a Post-Colonial Era by Susheila Nasta
Essays on the contribution of African, Caribbean, Asian and diaspora writers to 'English' literature. The 'new' literatures have most commonly been seen as a staging post en route to the current 'post-colonial' era. Yet these literatures and the diverse cultural histories they represent are older than such recent interpretations of them. This collection of essays investigates ways in which we can return to 'reading' these 'new' literatures without falling back on current critical assumptions.
SUSHEILA NASTA is Professor of Modern Literature at the Open University, UK and a renowned critic, broadcaster and literary activist. Editor of Wasafiri, the magazine of international contemporary writing, which she founded in 1984, she has published widely on South Asian Britain. Recent publications include: Home Truths: Fictions of the South Asian Diaspora (Palgrave, 2002); Writing Across Worlds: Contemporary Writers Talk. A photographic history of South Asian Britain is forthcoming with Westbourne Press in 2013. Before joining the OU, she worked at the Universities of London and Cambridge and held several research fellowships overseas. She received an MBE for her services to Black and Asian Literature in 2011.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780859916011 |
| ISBN 10 | 0859916014 |
| Title | Reading the `New' Literatures in a Post-Colonial Era |
| Author | Susheila Nasta |
| Series | Essays And Studies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 178 |
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