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19%OFFLynne Pearce - Postcolonial Manchester: Diaspora space and the devolution of literary culture - 9781526120014 - V9781526120014
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Postcolonial Manchester: Diaspora space and the devolution of literary culture

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Description for Postcolonial Manchester: Diaspora space and the devolution of literary culture Paperback. Offers a radical new perspective on Britain's devolved literary cultures by focusing on Manchester's vibrant, multicultural literary scene. Editor(s): Pearce, Dr. Lynne; Fowler, Corinne; Crawshaw, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Postcolonial Manchester offers a radical new perspective on Britain's devolved literary cultures by focusing on Manchester's vibrant, multicultural literary scene. Referencing Avtar Brah's concept of 'diaspora space', the authors argue that Manchester is, and always has been, a quintessentially migrant city to which workers of all nationalities and cultures have been drawn since its origins in the cotton trade and expansion of the British Empire. This colonial legacy - and the inequalities upon which it turns - is a recurrent motif in the texts and poetry performances of the contemporary Mancunian writers featured, many of them members of the city's ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526120014
SKU
V9781526120014
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99-15

About Lynne Pearce
Lynne Pearce is Professor of Literary Theory at Lancaster University Corinne Fowler is Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature at the University of Leicester Robert Crawshaw is Senior Lecturer in European Languages and Cultures at Lancaster University -- .

Reviews for Postcolonial Manchester: Diaspora space and the devolution of literary culture
'This is an intellectually rich, inspiring and persistently readable book that manages with admirable dexterity to be many things at once: a revealing history of Manchester's quintessential diasporic condition, a critical rendering of the city's transcultural evolution, a major moment in devolving literary studies from its capital headquarters, a transformative contribution to our understanding of the North. As Postcolonial Manchester ... Read more

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