Cartography in Postcolonial Fiction
Mar 2025 · Kriter Yayinevi
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Space shapes identity in postcolonial fiction through contested geographies, migration, and spatial memory. Cartography in Postcolonial Fiction examines how literary narratives engage with territorial belonging, displacement, and resistance. Analyzing works by Salman Rushdie, Chinua Achebe, Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri, Bharati Mukherjee, Tsitsi Dangarembga, C.L.R. James, Patricia Grace, Gabriel García Márquez, Anita Desai, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, this book explores how postcolonial authors from South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific reimagine space as both a site of control and liberation. Drawing on literary cartography and spatial theory, Selin Şencan investigates how colonial geographies persist in contemporary fiction, shaping narratives across urban centers, diasporic landscapes, and Indigenous homelands. By mapping these literary terrains, this study reveals how fiction challenges, reclaims, and reconfigures space in a world shaped by colonial legacies.
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Azade Göktürk
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April 15, 2025
Highly recommended! The book brings together a rich diversity of writers from various postcolonial backgrounds. A valuable contribution to contemporary literary studies
Yöntem Kılkış
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April 15, 2025
A much-needed contribution to the field. I especially appreciated the diversity of works and perspectives included.
Tuğçe Ceylan (ronî)
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April 15, 2025
i highly recommend this book to everyone!
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