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Postcolonial nostalgias : writing, representation and memory /
"This book offers an original and informed critique of a widespread yet often misunderstood condition -- nostalgia, a pervasive human emotion connecting people across national and historical as well as personal boundaries. Often seen as merely escapist, nostalgia also offers solace and self-und...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Colección: | Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ;
31. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The Persistence of Nostalgia; 2 'How is it going, Mr Naipaul?': Remembering Postcolonial Identities; 3 'The Broken String': Remembering the Homeland; 4 'Alone in a Landscape': Remembering Doris Lessing's Africa; 5 Recalling the Hidden Ends of Empire; 6 Remembering 'Bitter Histories': From Achebe to Adichie; 7 Nostalgia for the Present; 8 Endnote; Notes; Bibliography; Index.