Writing Diaspora in the West: Intimacy, Identity and the New Marginalism

McCarthy, P.

In this bold intervention into the understanding of the diasporic experience within cultural studies, McCarthy challenges a critical position emergent over the last thirty years (what he calls the 'new marginalism'). He confronts the liberal orthodoxies that prevail in this area, exposing contradictions in the thinking of its major theorists.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-02-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230218871

DOI: 10.1057/9780230233843

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 179