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Uniting a sense of the political dimensions of language appropriation with a serious, yet accessible linguistic terminology, The African Palimpsest examines the strategies of ‘indigenization’ whereby West African writers have made their literary English or French distinctively ‘African’. Through the apt metaphor of the palimpsest – a surface that has been written on, written over, partially erased and written over again – the book examines such well-known West African writers as Achebe, Armah, Ekwensi, Kourouma, Okara, Saro–Wiwa, Soyinka and Tutuola as well as lesser-known writers from francophone and anglophone Africa. Providing a great variety of case-studies in Nigerian Pidgin, Akan, Igbo, Maninka, Yoruba, Wolof and other African languages, the book also clarifies the vital interface between Europhone African writing and the new outlets for African artistic expression in (auto-)translation, broadcast television, radio and film.

Sociolinguistics --- West African fiction --- West African literature --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- History and criticism. --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- 820 <100> --- 820 <100> Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Diglossie --- Diglossie dans la litterature --- Linguistique et litterature --- Pidgin (langues)

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This second collection, complementing ASNEL Papers 9.1, covers a similar range of writers, topics, themes and issues, all focusing on present-day transcultural issues and their historical antecedents. Topics treated: Preparing for post-apartheid in South African fiction; Maori culture and the New Historicism; Danish-New Zealand acculturation; linguistic approaches to 'void'; women's overcoming in Southern African writing; new post-apartheid approaches to literary studies; Afrikanerdom; postmodern psychoanalytic interpretations of Indian religion and identity; transcultural identity in the encounter with London: Malaysian, Nigerian, Pakistani; hypertextual postmodernism; fictionalized multiculturalism and female madness in Australian fiction; myopia and double vision in colonial Australia; Native-American fiction and poetry; Chinese-Canadian and Japanese-Canadian multiculturalism; the postcolonial city; African-American identity and postcolonial Africa; Johannesburg as locus of literary and dramatic creativity; theatre before and after apartheid; the black experience in England. Writers discussed: Lalithambika Antherjanam; Ayi Kwei Armah; J.M. Coetzee; Tsitsi Dangarembga; Helen Darville; Lauris Edmond; Buchi Emecheta; Yvonne du Fresne; Hiromi Goto; Patricia Grace; Rodney Hall; Joy Harjo; Bessie Head; Gordon Henry Jr.; Christopher Hope; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; Hanif Kureishi; Keri Hulme, Lee Kok Liang; Bill Manhire; Zakes Mda; Mike Nicol; Michael Ondaatje; Alan Paton; Ravinder Randhawa; Wendy Rose; Salman Rushdie; Sipho Sepamla; Atima Srivastava; Meera Syal; Marlene van Niekerk; Yvonne Vera; Fred Wah Contributions by Ken Arvidson; Thomas Brückner; David Callahan; Eleonora Chiavetta; Marc Colavincenzo; Gordon Collier; John Douthwaite; Dorothy Driver; Claudia Duppé; Robert Fraser; Anne Fuchs; John Gamgee; D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke; Konrad Gross; Bernd Herzogenrath; Susanne Hilf; Clara A.B. Joseph; Jaroslav Kušnír; Chantal Kwast-Greff; M.Z. Malaba; Sigrun Meinig; Michael Meyer; Mike Nicol; Obododimma Oha; Vincent O'Sullivan; Judith Dell Panny; Mike Petry; Jochen Petzold; Norbert H. Platz; Malcolm Purkey; Stéphanie Ravillon; Anne Holden Rønning; Richard Samin; Cecile Sandten; Nicole Schröder; Joseph Swann; André Viola; Christine Vogt-William; Bernard Wilson; Janet Wilson; Brian Worsfold. Creative writing by Katherine Gallagher; Peter Goldsworthy; Syd Harrex; Mike Nicol.

Literature, Modern --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Commonwealth literature (English) --- History and criticism --- 82:3 --- 820 <100> --- 820 "19" --- 820 <100> Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- 82:3 Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- 820 "19" Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Literature, Modern. --- Modern literature --- Arts, Modern --- LITTERATURE DU COMMONWEALTH --- POSTCOLONIALISME --- LITTERATURE ET SOCIETE --- POESIE AUSTRALIENNE --- POESIE NEO-ZELANDAISE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- PAYS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE

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"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.

820 <100> --- Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Authors, Commonwealth --- Authors, English --- City and town life in literature. --- Commonwealth fiction (English) --- English fiction --- Immigrants in literature. --- Immigrants --- Immigrants' writings, English --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Postcolonialism --- Homes and haunts --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- London (England) --- Intellectual life --- In literature. --- 820 <100> Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Vie urbaine dans la littérature --- Roman du Commonwealth (anglais) --- Vie urbaine dans la littérature --- Authors, Commonwealth of Nations --- Commonwealth authors --- English literature --- Commonwealth of Nations fiction (English) --- Commonwealth literature (English) --- Commonwealth of Nations authors --- City and town life in literature --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Postcolonialisme dans la littérature --- Roman anglais --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Londres (Angleterre) --- In literature --- Dans la littérature --- LONDRES (GRANDE-BRETAGNE) DANS LA LITTERATURE --- VIE URBAINE DANS LA LITTERATURE --- Postcolonialisme --- LITTERATURE DU COMMONWEALTH --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- Dans la littérature --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- 20E SIECLE

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Brings together renowned and emerging critical voices to respond to the questions raised by the concept of the 'post-colonial'. The contributors explore the diverse cultures which are shaping our global future.

Ethnicity. --- Cultural pluralism. --- Ethnic relations. --- Nationalism. --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Inter-ethnic relations --- Interethnic relations --- Relations among ethnic groups --- Acculturation --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnology --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Minorities --- Race relations --- Cultural diversity --- Diversity, Cultural --- Diversity, Religious --- Ethnic diversity --- Pluralism (Social sciences) --- Pluralism, Cultural --- Religious diversity --- Culture --- Cultural fusion --- Ethnicity --- Multiculturalism --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural pluralism --- Ethnic relations --- Nationalism --- 316.323.83 --- 820 <100> --- 820 <100> Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- 316.323.83 Neokolonialisme. Postkolonialisme. Sociologie van postkolonialisme --- Neokolonialisme. Postkolonialisme. Sociologie van postkolonialisme --- #SBIB:327.4H21 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- Kolonisatie / dekolonisatie / post-kolonisatie --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Thematology --- Comparative literature --- COETZEE (JOHN MAXWELL), 1940 --- -BLACK CULTURE --- POSTCOLONIALISM --- POSTMODERNISME (LITTERATURE) --- GENDER --- EMPIRE --- INDIA --- AFRICA --- IDENTITY --- HISTORY