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Postcolonialisme --- Sciences sociales --- Recherche --- France

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Since its inception in the 1980s, postcolonial theory has greatly enriched academic perspectives on culture and literature. Yet, in the same way that colonial goods and services have long contributed to economic and political growth, postcolonial topics have also become a profit-generating commodity. This is highly apparent in the success of the postcolonial novel or in the ability of film to cross over from Asia, Africa and elsewhere to paying audiences in Europe and America. The contributions in this volume, in their various ways, take a critical look at artistic responses to the commodification of colonial and postcolonial histories, peoples, and products from the eighteenth century to the present. They explore, in particular, what literary and cultural texts have to say about commodification after the end of colonialism and how the Western culture industry continually capitalizes on representations of the postcolonial Other.

English literature --- Colonisation. Decolonisation --- Postcolonialisme --- Différence interculturelle --- Marchandisage de personnages --- Dans la littérature

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This study centres on the fiction of the New Zealand writer Yvonne du Fresne, the descendant of Danish and Danish-Huguenot families who emigrated to New Zealand in the late-nineteenth century and settled in the Manawatu area. It explores how memories of the past haunt generations of immigrants, and how issues of language, politics, and social norms live on through generations, affecting the formation of new identities and homes. Is it only, as with Astrid in Motherland, that by returning to our roots we can finally feel that we are at home in more than one country? As Lauris Edmond writes, du Fresne's work is a tapestry of the past and present, storying immigrant life. Flitting in and out of the past is shown to be one way of coming to terms with the present and of understanding the importance of home, as is evident in The Book of Ester and Frédérique, both centering on the manifold, complex European cultural traditions that were often overlooked in settler countries. Another is to be an inquisitive spy on the land like the child narrator, Astrid Westergaard, in du Fresne's magnificent stories, many of them originally radio broadcasts, which depict life in a small Danish community in the Manawatu in the 1930s, often in a humorous and ironic manner. Through her portrayal of fictional Scandinavian immigrants, du Fresne throws light on a relatively neglected area in New Zealand studies. Reading her writing against its reception shows how it raises issues of cultural colonization, stereotyping, and difference; the consequences of migration and exile taken up are, however, equally relevant in our global society of today, and expressive of transculturation in the globalized present.

Du Fresne, Yvonne (1929-....) --- Littérature néo-zélandaise --- Identité (psychologie) --- Émigration et immigration --- Postcolonialisme --- 20e siècle --- Dans la littérature

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Preventing Things from Falling Further Apart: The Preservation of Cultural Identities in Postcolonial African, Indian, and Caribbean Literatures is a ground breaking comparative work that explores a post-Achebe universe in which formerly colonized peoples make efforts to reconstruct their cultures by deconstructing some of the deleterious effects of colonization, while at the same time embracing postcolonial realities. This volume focuses on the culturally-confusing impact of colonization on individuals and their communities, specifically on indigenous languages, education, status of women, and religious participation. The author analyzes representative literary works authored by, from Africa, Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Zakes Mda; from India, Mahasweta Devi and Arundhati Roy; and from the Caribbean, Jamaica Kincaid and Maryse Condé. A highly dynamic and multitalented young scholar, Dr. Paul M. Mukundi was born in Murang’a, Central Kenya. He earned a Bachelor of Education (Honors) in English Language and Literature from Kenyatta University, Kenya, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA. He also holds a master’s degree in Ministry and a doctorate in Theology from U.S.A. seminaries. Dr. Mukundi has taught in both religious and secular institutions and has served as Dean of Dominion Leadership University, a private religious-degree granting institution. He has presented scholarly papers in many conferences and his articles on postcolonial literature have appeared in such journals as The Zora Neale Hurston Forum and Sankofa: A Journal of African Children’s and Young Adult Literature. He has also written a chapter in Postcolonial Discourses and Renegotiations of Black Identities, an anthology edited by Dr. Clement Akassi. Currently, Dr. Mukundi teaches English and literature at Morgan State University, and is the Founder and Chief editor of Literary Horizons Journal.

Culture --- Postcolonialisme --- Littérature africaine --- Littérature antillaise --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) --- Dans la littérature --- Histoire et critique