Diasporas of the mind [electronic resource] : Jewish and postcolonial writing and the nightmare of history / Bryan Cheyette.
In this fascinating and erudite book, Bryan Cheyette throws new light on a wide range of modern and contemporary writers - some at the heart of the canon, others more marginal - to explore the power and limitations of the diasporic imagination after the Second World War. Moving from early responses...
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Diasporas of the Mind
- PART ONE
- 2. Diaspora and Colonialism / Fanon, Frantz / Memmi, Albert
- 3. Diaspora and the Holocaust / Levi, Primo / Améry, Jean
- PART TWO
- 4. Diaspora, 'Race' and Redemption / Spark, Muriel
- 5. The American Diaspora / Roth, Philip
- 6. Diaspora and Postcolonialism / Rushdie, Salman
- 7. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.