Postcolonial Poetics 21st-Century Critical Readings
Postcolonial Poetics is about how we read postcolonial and world literatures today, and about how the structures of that writing shape our reading. The book’s eight chapters explore the ways in which postcolonial writing in English from various 21st-
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Elleke Boehmer
Postcolonial Poetics 21st-Century Critical Readings
Elleke Boehmer University of Oxford Oxford, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-90340-8 ISBN 978-3-319-90341-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90341-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018940670 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 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 illustration: The etching on the front cover is titled “Compound Housing” (2014) by South African artist Mongezi Ncaphayi. It is reproduced with permission from the artist, photograph courtesy of Guns & Rain (www.gunsandrain.com). Printed on acid-free paper 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
For Lisa Hill
Acknowledgements
Like many other books, Postcolonial Poetics could not have come into being without the encouragement and support of family, friends, and colleagues. These acknowledgements are an inadequate expression of my gratitude. First, as ever, to my family, both nuclear and extended, huge thanks: to Steven Matthews and to Thomas and Sam Matthews Boehmer, for amazing creative and moral support, for your insights into surfaces and depths, and for your unfailing good humour. And to my dear Netherlands cousins, especially Annemie Boehmer, Marius Otto, and Josée and Jan-Willem Boehmer, for your interest in the various things I do ‘met Engels’, for asking hard questions, and for never ceasing to keep me grounded in my marshy other country across the North Sea. To my dear friend Lisa Hill, in whose beautiful living space in Adelaide, Australia many of the chapters here were reshaped and edited, unbounded thanks. Without your genius, wit, wisdom, and wonderful friendship, my life across these
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