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Dave Gunning lectures in contemporary literature at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Race and Antiracism in Black British and British Asian Literature (Liverpool University Press, 2010).
Series Preface
Chronology
Introduction
Some Omissions
Colonial Spaces and Colonial Ideologies
General Categories and Specific Cases
Possible Unities and the Use of Theory
About this Book
Chapter One: Finding a Voice
Macaulay's Minute
Trading with Tradition: Derek Walcott
Where Language is Concealed: Eavan Boland
The Empire Writes Back
Very Indian English: Nissim Ezekiel
The Language of the African Novel: Ngugi and Achebe
The Palm-oil with which Words are Eaten: Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Rotten English: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Sozaboy
Mongrels and Silence: Keri Hulme, The Bone People
Summary
Chapter Two: The Need to Belong
From Terra Nullius to the Mabo Decision
In the Interior: Patrick White, Voss
Immemorial and Recent: Les Murray
The Time of the Nation and the Space of the People
Claiming the City: Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
Hating the Place you Love: James Berry, Windrush Songs
New Beginnings and Responsibilities: J.M Coetzee's Disgrace
Summary
Chapter Three: Coming of Age, Coming into Difference
National Allegory
A Shadow of the Nation: Roddy Doyle, A Star Called Henry
In Two Minorities: Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy
Natural and Ethical Behaviour: Shani Mootoo, Cereus Blooms at Night
Trapped: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions
Inheritance and Accidents: Zadie Smith, White Teeth
Summary
Chapter Four: Communities, Values, Transgressions
Learning to Listen: Nadine Gordimer, Burger's Daughter
Avoiding Historical Pitfalls: Thomas King, Truth and Bright Water
Motes in the Eye of History: Diaspora Space
How Newness Enters the World: Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
The Rushdie Affair and the Umma
Faith with and without Agency: Leila Aboulela, Minaret
Nostalgia and Resistance: Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Summary
Chapter Six: Challenging Histories
A Scab on the Wounds of History: Anita Desai, Clear Light of Day
Squaring History's Books: Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
Can the Subaltern Speak?
Made Noble in the Fire: Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
The Sort of Secrets you Could Use: Sally Morgan, My Place
Beyond the Mesmeric Power of Tradition: The Black Atlantic
Not Going Home: Caryl Phillips, The Atlantic Sound
A Terror of Symbols: Amitav Ghosh, In an Antique Land
Summary
Conclusion
Student Resources
Guide to Further Reading
Writing about Postcolonial Literature
Index
Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature Series Editors: Martin Halliwell & Andy Mousley This series provides accessible yet provocative introductions to a wide range of literatures. The volumes will initiate and deepen the reader's understanding of key literary movements, periods and genres, and consider debates that inform the past, present and future of literary study. Resources such as glossaries of key terms and details of archives and internet sites are also provided, making each volume a comprehensive critical guide. Introduces postcolonial literary studies through close readings of a wide range of fiction and poetry This guide places the literary works themselves at the centre of its discussions, examining how writers from Africa, Australasia, the Caribbean, Canada, Ireland, and South Asia have engaged with the challenges that beset postcolonial societies. Dave Gunning discusses many of the most-studied works of postcolonial literature, from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart to Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, as well as works by more recent writers like Chris Abani, Tahmima Anam and Shani Mootoo. Each chapter explores a key theme through drawing together works from various times and places. The book concludes with an extensive guide to further reading and tips on how to write about postcolonial literature successfully. Key Features - Close analysis of texts including Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners, J.M Coetzee's Disgrace, Roddy Doyle's A Star Called Henry, Shani Mootoo's Cereus Blooms at Night, Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions, Zadie Smith's White Teeth, Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Tahmima Anam's A Golden Age, Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost, and Amitav Ghosh's In an Antique Land, as well as poetry by Derek Walcott, Eavan Boland, Agha Shahid Ali, Chris Abani and others. - Discusses important new themes in postcolonial literature including global Islam, postcolonial sexualities and the representation of military conflict. - Includes a Chronology, a Guide to Further Reading, and Tips on Writing about Postcolonial Literature Dave Gunning lectures in contemporary literature at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Race and Antiracism in Black British and British Asian Literature (2010).
