Narratives of Community in the Black British Short Story
Narratives of Community in the Black British Short Story offers the first systematic study of black British short story writing, tracing its development from the 1950s to the present with a particular focus on contemporary short stories by Hanif Kure
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NARRATIVES OF COMMUNITY IN THE BLACK BRITISH SHORT STORY
Narratives of Community in the Black British Short Story
“Jansen’s new book is a brilliant critical response to the social and cultural transformations in contemporary Britain, providing a rigorous critical answer to the urge of posing solutions to social conflict. Covering a wide range of authors, here Jansen articulates the first systematic analysis of the black British short story through the adequate lens of postcolonial and philosophical concepts of community in what stands out as an essential thorough examination of both “black British literature” and the short story, thus constituting an illuminating contribution to the field.” —Laura Mª Lojo-Rodríguez, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and coeditor of Gender and Short Fiction: Women’s Tales in Contemporary Britain (2018)
Bettina Jansen
Narratives of Community in the Black British Short Story
Bettina Jansen TU Dresden Dresden, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-94859-1 ISBN 978-3-319-94860-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94860-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018947412 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: iStock/Getty Images Plus This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
This book began life as a Ph.D. thesis at TU Dresden, Germany. Therefore, I owe my thanks to the community of scholars at the university’s English Department of which I have been a part. My supervisor Stefan Horlacher gave me the freedom to follow my fa
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