{"product_id":"settling-down-and-settling-up-andrea-katherine-medovarski-9781442640375","title":"Settling Down and Settling Up: The Second Generation in Black Canadian and Black British Women's Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eComparing second generation children of immigrants in black Canadian and black British women's writing, \u003ci\u003eSettling Down and Settling Up \u003c\/i\u003eextends discourses of diaspora and postcolonialism by expanding recent theory on movement and border crossing. While these concepts have recently gained theoretical currency, this book argues that they are not always adequate frameworks through which to understand second generation children who wish to reside \"in place\" in the nations of their birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidering migration and settlement as complex, interrelated processes that inform each other across multiple generations and geographies, Andrea Katherine Medovarski challenges the gendered constructions of nationhood and diaspora with a particular focus on Canadian and British black women writers, including Dionne Brand, Esi Edugyan, and Zadie Smith. Re-evaluating gender and spatial relations, \u003ci\u003eSettling Down and Settling Up \u003c\/i\u003eargues that local experiences, often conceptualized through the language of the feminine and the domestic in black women's writings, are no less important than travel and border crossings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Katherine Medovarski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442640375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442640375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Andrea Katherine Medovarski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072964980991,"sku":"9781442640375","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2829ba6b-92aa-47c9-9dd4-949bae68ce87.jpg?v=1685444993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/settling-down-and-settling-up-andrea-katherine-medovarski-9781442640375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}