"This book makes a significant addition to the field of literary criticism on African Diaspora literatures. In one volume, it brings together the novels of eight transnational African Diaspora women writers, Yaa Gyasi, Chika Unigwe, Chimamanda Adichie, Imbole Mbue, NoViolet Bulawayo, Aminatta F...

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1. Verfasser:	Uwakweh, Pauline Ada (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2023
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge contemporary Africa
Schlagworte:	Afrikanische Einwanderin Migrantenliteratur Englisch Fiction / Women authors / History and criticism Fiction / Black authors / History and criticism Fiction / 21st century / History and criticism African diaspora in literature Transnationalism in literature Women, Black, in literature Emigration and immigration in literature Africa / Emigration and immigration
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Zusammenfassung:	"This book makes a significant addition to the field of literary criticism on African Diaspora literatures. In one volume, it brings together the novels of eight transnational African Diaspora women writers, Yaa Gyasi, Chika Unigwe, Chimamanda Adichie, Imbole Mbue, NoViolet Bulawayo, Aminatta Forna, Taiye Selasi, and Leila Aboulela, and positions them as chroniclers of African immigrant experiences. The book aims to inspire critical readings of these writers' works by revealing emerging trends in women's literature as they are being determined and redefined by immigration. As transnational subjects, the writers engage various meanings of mobility and exhibit innovative aesthetic styles; they create awareness on gender identities and transformations, constructions of home and belonging, as well as the politics of citizenship in the hostland. The book also highlights the import of reverse migrations and performance returns to the homeland as an expression of human desire for home and belonging, and taken as a whole, it enhances our understanding of how migration and transnational existence are (re)shaping immigrant subjects. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and researchers of African Diaspora literatures and gender studies, who will find this book beneficial for investigating critical trends, approaches to transnational literature, and for comprehending the diasporic burdens that transnational immigrants bear"--
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 227 Seiten)
ISBN:	9780429296383
DOI:	10.4324/9780429296383