The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature introduces world literature readers to the transnational, multivocal writings of immigrant African authors. Covering works produced in Europe, North America, and elsewhere in the world, this book investigates three major aesthetic paradigms in African diasporic literature: the Sankofan wave (late 1960s-early 1990s); the Janusian wave (1990s-2020s); and the Offshoots of the New Arrivants (those born and growing up outside Africa).Written by well-established and emerging scholars of African and diasporic literatures from across the world, the chapters in the book cover the works of well-known and not-so-well-known Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone writers from different theoretical positionalities and critical approaches, pointing out the unique innovative artistic qualities of this major subgenre of African literature. The focus on the "diasporic consciousness" of the writers and their works sets this handbook apart from others that solely emphasize migration, which is more of a process than the community of settled African people involved in the dynamic acts of living reflected in diasporic writings.This book will appeal to researchers and students from across the fields of Literature, Diaspora Studies, African Studies, Migration Studies, and Postcolonial Studies.
| ISBN: | 9781032500485 |
| Publication date: | 26th December 2025 |
| Author: | Lokangaka Losambe, Tanure Ojaide |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 634 pages |
| Series: | Routledge International Handbooks |
| Genres: |
Colonialism and imperialism Popular culture Literary studies: postcolonial literature Social and cultural anthropology Migration, immigration and emigration Ethnic studies Sociology Regional / International studies Development studies Linguistics |
The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature introduces world literature readers to the transnational, multivocal writings of immigrant African authors. Covering works produced in Europe, North America, and elsewhere in the world, this book investigates three major aesthetic paradigms in African diasporic literature: the Sankofan wave (late 1960s-early 1990s); the Janusian wave (1990s-2020s); and the Offshoots of the New Arrivants (those born and growing up outside Africa).Written by well-established and emerging scholars of African and diasporic literatures from across the world, the chapters in the book cover the works of well-known and not-so-well-known Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone writers from different theoretical positionalities and critical approaches, pointing out the unique innovative artistic qualities of this major subgenre of African literature. The focus on the "diasporic consciousness" of the writers and their works sets this handbook apart from others that solely emphasize migration, which is more of a process than the community of settled African people involved in the dynamic acts of living reflected in diasporic writings.This book will appeal to researchers and students from across the fields of Literature, Diaspora Studies, African Studies, Migration Studies, and Postcolonial Studies.
The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature features in the following genres: Colonialism and imperialism, Popular culture, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Social and cultural anthropology, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Regional / International studies, Development studies, Linguistics
The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature was written by Lokangaka Losambe, Tanure Ojaide and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature has 634 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge International Handbooks series
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