Palimpsests in Ethnic and Postcolonial Literature and Culture: Surfacing Histories (1st ed. 2021)

By: Yiorgos D. Kalogeras and Johanna C. Kardux and Monika Mueller and Jopi Nyman

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Synopsis: This volume explores ways in which the literary trope of the palimpsest can be applied to ethnic and postcolonial literary and cultural studies. Based on contemporary theories of the palimpsest, the innovative chapters reveal hidden histories and uncover relationships across disciplines and seemingly unconnected texts. The contributors focus on diverse forms of the palimpsest: the incarceration of Native Americans in military forts and their response to the elimination of their cultures; mnemonic novels that rework the politics and poetics of the Black Atlantic; the urban palimpsests of Rio de Janeiro, Marseille, Johannesburg, and Los Angeles that reveal layers of humanity with disparities in origin, class, religion, and chronology; and the palimpsestic configurations of mythologies and religions that resist strict cultural distinctions and argue against cultural relativism.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030645861
Related ISBNs:: 9783030645854
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 03/04/21
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Yiorgos D. Kalogeras
Edited by:: Johanna C. Kardux
Edited by:: Monika Mueller
Edited by:: Jopi Nyman