Diasporic Literature

Diasporic Literature and Theory – Where Now?

Diasporic Literature and Theory – Where Now?

Edited by

Mark Shackleton

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Diasporic Literature and Theory – Where Now?, Edited by Mark Shackleton This book first published 2008 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2008 by Mark Shackleton and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-0013-9, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-0013-6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements ................................................................................... vii Introduction ................................................................................................ ix Mark Shackleton Part 1: Celebration or Melancholy? Diaspora Literature and Theory Today Chapter One................................................................................................. 2 Diaspora and Utopia: Reading the Recent Work of Paul Gilroy and Caryl Phillips John McLeod Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 18 Diasporic Literature & Theory, Where Now? Passing through the Impasse Eleanor Byrne Part 2: Gender Biases and the Canon of Diasporic Literature Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 36 A Post-Colonial Canon? An Explorative Study of Post-Colonial Writing in University-level Courses Jopi Nyman Chapter Four.............................................................................................. 57 “Lost Years”: The Occlusion of West Indian Women...