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- catalog abstract ""London was once the hub of an empire on which 'the sun never set.' After the Second World War, as Britain withdrew from most of its colonies, the city that once possessed the world began to contain a diasporic world that was increasingly taking possession of it. Drawing on postcolonial theories, as well as interdisciplinary perspectives from cultural geography, urban theory, history, and sociology, Imagining London examines representations of the English metropolis in Canadian, West Indian, Indian, and second generation 'black British' novels written in the last half of the twentieth century. It analyses the diverse ways in which London is experienced and portrayed as a transnational space by Commonwealth expatriates and migrants." "As the former 'heart of empire' and a contemporary 'world city, ' London metonymically represents the British Empire in two distinct ways. In the early years of decolonization, it was a primarily white city that symbolized imperial power and history. Over time, as migrants from former colonies have 'reinvaded the centre' and changed its demographic and cultural constitution, it has come to represent empire as a global microcosm and profoundly relational locale. John Clement Ball examines the work of more than twenty writers, including established authors such as Robertson Davies, Mordecai Richler, Jean Rhys, Sam Selvon, V.S. Naipaul, Anita Desai, and Salman Rushdie, and newer voices such as Catherine Bush, David Dabydeen, Amitav Ghosh, Hanit Kureishi, and Zadie Smith."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13332811.
- catalog coverage "London (England) In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Londres (Angleterre) dans la littérature.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""London was once the hub of an empire on which 'the sun never set.' After the Second World War, as Britain withdrew from most of its colonies, the city that once possessed the world began to contain a diasporic world that was increasingly taking possession of it. Drawing on postcolonial theories, as well as interdisciplinary perspectives from cultural geography, urban theory, history, and sociology, Imagining London examines representations of the English metropolis in Canadian, West Indian, Indian, and second generation 'black British' novels written in the last half of the twentieth century. It analyses the diverse ways in which London is experienced and portrayed as a transnational space by Commonwealth expatriates and migrants." "As the former 'heart of empire' and a contemporary 'world city, ' London metonymically represents the British Empire in two distinct ways. In the early years of decolonization, it was a primarily white city that symbolized imperial power and history. Over time, as migrants from former colonies have 'reinvaded the centre' and changed its demographic and cultural constitution, it has come to represent empire as a global microcosm and profoundly relational locale. John Clement Ball examines the work of more than twenty writers, including established authors such as Robertson Davies, Mordecai Richler, Jean Rhys, Sam Selvon, V.S. Naipaul, Anita Desai, and Salman Rushdie, and newer voices such as Catherine Bush, David Dabydeen, Amitav Ghosh, Hanit Kureishi, and Zadie Smith."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references: p. [267]-282.".
- catalog description "Introduction : the key to the capital -- London North-West : the broader borders of metropolitan Canadianness -- London South-West : Caribbean fiction and metropolitan life -- London South-East : metropolitan (un)realities in Indian fiction -- London centre : the familial urban world of recent "Black British" writing.".
- catalog extent "viii, 295 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0802044964 :".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog spatial "London (England) In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Londres (Angleterre) dans la littérature.".
- catalog subject "823.009/32421 22".
- catalog subject "City and town life in literature.".
- catalog subject "Commonwealth fiction (English) 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR9084 .B34 2004".
- catalog subject "Postcolonialism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.".
- catalog subject "Roman anglais 20e siècle Histoire et critique.".
- catalog subject "Roman du Commonwealth (anglais) 20e siècle Histoire et critique.".
- catalog subject "Vie urbaine dans la littérature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : the key to the capital -- London North-West : the broader borders of metropolitan Canadianness -- London South-West : Caribbean fiction and metropolitan life -- London South-East : metropolitan (un)realities in Indian fiction -- London centre : the familial urban world of recent "Black British" writing.".
- catalog title "Imagining London : postcolonial fiction and the transnational metropolis / John Clement Ball.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".