The Postcolonial Subject in Transit: Migration, Borders and Subjectivity in Contemporary African Diaspora Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781498563857)

The Postcolonial Subject in Transit presents in-depth analyses of the complex transitional migratory identities evident in emerging African diasporic writings. It provides insights into the hybridity of the migrant experience, where the migrant struggles to negotiate new cultural spaces. It shows that while some migrants successfully adapt and integrate into new Western locales, others exist at the margins unable to fully negotiate cultural difference. The diaspora becomes a space for opportunities and economic mobility, as well as alienation and uncertainties. This illuminates the heterogeneity of the African diasporic narrative; expanding the dialogue of the diaspora, from one of simply loss and melancholia to self-realization and empowerment.

Author: Toyin Falola
ISBN-10: 1498563856
ISBN-13: 9781498563857
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 08/13/2020
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d