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Other Britain, Other British : Contemporary Multicultural Fiction, Paperback / softback Book

Other Britain, Other British : Contemporary Multicultural Fiction Paperback / softback

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Britain may have ceded empire and colonies, but its colonial past permeates every corner of the land - from street-names and restaurants to second and third generation 'immigrant' communities - embracing a diversity of peoples from the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

In literary and cultural terms, another Britain - largely but not exclusively non-white - is being formulated.

How has the changing make-up of population and self-expression found voice in literature and literary fiction?In this wide ranging study of postcolonial and immigrant writing in Britain, ten contributors - including Booker shortlist nominee Abdulrazak Gurnah - examine the extent to which Britain's colonial heritage has shaped present-day formulations of British culture.

Covering the work of key writers - including Timothy Mo, V.S.

Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Caryl Phillips, Hanif Kureishi, Kazuo Ishiguro and David Dabydeen - this collection explores how such writers bring very different critical sensibilities to bear on literary conventions.

Also examined are the literary contributions of writers from Jewish Britain, Irish-Britain and Australasian Britain.

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