Zadie Smith; Critical Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820488066)

Zadie Smith: Critical Essays is a timely collection of critical articles examining how Zadie Smith's novels and short stories interrogate race, postcolonialism, and identity. Essays explore the various ways Smith approaches issues of race, either by deconstructing notions of race or interrogating the complexity of biracial identity; and how Smith takes on contemporary debates concerning notions of Britishness, Englishness, and Black Britishness. Some essays also consider the shifting identities adopted by those who identify with both British and West Indian, South Asian, or East Asian ancestry. Other essays explore Smith's contemporary postcolonial approach to Britain's colonial legacy, and the difference between how immigrants and first-generation British-born children deal with cultural alienation and displacement. This thought-provoking collection is a much-needed critical tool for students and researchers in both contemporary British literature and Diasporic literature and culture.

Author: Tracey L. Walters
ISBN-10: 0820488062
ISBN-13: 9780820488066
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2008
Pages: 221
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 08/08/2008 pg. 18
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 340