Across Continents: Writing Goans, Making Worlds (African Perspectives)

Ferrão, R. Benedito

ISBN 10: 0472058215 / ISBN 13: 9780472058211

Editore: University of Michigan Press, 2026

Codice articolo 407993519

Riassunto:

Across Continents employs Goan literary subjectivity as epistemology to critique a specific limitation of postcolonial thought, one that does not account for the situations or afterlife of Portuguese colonialism. Employing various novels, R. Benedito Ferrão considers the relationship between Portuguese and British colonialisms through the displacement of Goan characters betwixt Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. The experiences of these figures in dealing with the processes of nation, statecraft, and political intrigue at various historical junctures offer a comparative understanding of the tumultuous conditions of postcoloniality in the making of marginalized subjectivity across continents.

In examining the mobility and diversity of Goan experiences as represented in works by Salman Rushdie, M. G. Vassanji, Roger King, and Margaret Mascarenhas, this book calls into question limits of citizenship, nationality, and notions of belonging. Ferrão centers seemingly minor figures to exemplify the effects of colonial and postcolonial changes that connect diverse geopolities.

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Titolo: Across Continents: Writing Goans, Making ...
Casa editrice: University of Michigan Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2026
Legatura: Brossura
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