Hunger and postcolonial writing / Muzna Rahman.
| Author/creator | Rahman, Muzna |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical food studies |
| Contents | Introduction: (post)colonialism, hunger, and the body -- (Post)colonial foodways, transhistorical hungers, and the global alimentary in Kiran Desai's The inheritance of loss -- The text, starving body, and JM Coetzee's life & times of Michael K -- Anorexic fictions and starving histories in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous conditions -- Traumatic national hungers and the starving Irish body: Bobby Sands' 1981 Hunger. |
| Abstract | "Hunger and Postcolonial Writing explores contemporary postcolonial fiction and life-writing from various geo-political contexts. This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in food studies, postcolonial studies, human geography, sociology and literature studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021046564 |
| ISBN | 9781138697966 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |