Diasporic Subjectivity and Cultural Brokering in Contemporary Post-colonial Literatures

Diasporic writing simultaneously asserts a sense of belonging and expresses a sense of being ethnic in a society of immigration. The essays in this volume explore how contemporary diasporic writers in English use their works to mediate this dissonance and seek to work through the ethical, political, and personal affiliations of diasporic identities and subjectivities. The essays call for a remapping of post-colonial literatures and a reevaluation of the Anglophone literary canon by including post-colonial diasporic literary discourses. Demonstrating that an intercultural dialogue and constant cultural brokering are a must in our post-colonial world on the way to a transcultural future, this volume is a valuable contribution to the ongoing discourse on post-colonial diasporic literatures and identities. Book jacket.

Igor Maver is professor of English in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.