Postcolonial Manchester : diaspora space and the devolution of literary culture
Pearce, Lynne2013
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Offering a radical new perspective on Britain's devolved literary cultures, this text focuses 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 the expansion of the British Empire.
Main title:
Postcolonial Manchester : diaspora space and the devolution of literary culture / Lynne Pearce, Corinne Fowler and Robert Crawshaw.
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Imprint:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Collation:
xxiv, 326 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Manchester and the devolution of British literary culture - Corinne Fowler and Lynne Pearce1. Manchester: the postcolonial city - Lynne Pearce2. Publishing Manchester's black and Asian writers - Corinne Fowler3. Manchester's crime fiction: the mystery of the city's smoking gun - Lynne Pearce4. Collective resistance: Manchester's mixed-genre anthologies and short-story collections - Lynne Pearce5. Rebels without applause: Manchester's poetry in performance (1960s - the present) - Corinne Fowler 6. Giving Voice: the writers' perspective - Robert CrawshawAfterwordIndex
ISBN:
9780719088155 (hbk)
Dewey class:
820.9942733820.9942733820.994273PEA820.994273PEA(155)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1230451