1st Edition
Haunted Nations The Colonial Dimensions of Multiculturalisms
By Sneja Gunew
Copyright 2004
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Postcolonialism has attracted a large amount of interest in cultural theory, but the adjacent area of multiculturalism has not been scrutinised to quite the same extent. In this innovative new book, Sneja Gunew sets out to interrogate the ways in which the transnational discourse of multiculturalism may be related to the politics of race and indigeneity, grounding her discussion in a variety of... Read more
Introduction: Situated Multiculturalisms 1. The Terms of (Multi) Cultural Difference Part 1: Haunted Nations 2. Colonial Hauntings: The Colonial Seeds of Multiculturalism 3. Corporeal Choreographies of Transnational English Part 2: Abjected Bodies 4. A Text with Subtitles: Performing Ethnicity 5. Acoustic Transgressions and Identity Politics: A Translated Performance Part 3: (Un)Civilized Communities 6. Somatic Choreographies: Public Spaces; Private Belongings 7. Can Ghosts Emigrate? Diaspora, Exile and Community Conclusion: Transcultural Improvisations
Biography
Sneja Gunew is Director of the Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations at the University of British Columbia.
