This book explores how poets navigate the dynamic concept of 'home' through language, memory, and experience. Examining works by Moniza Alvi, Choman Hardi, and others, it considers themes of exile, hybridity, and belonging, revealing poetry's role in shaping and redefining 'home' in contemporary Britain.
This book explores how poets navigate the dynamic concept of 'home' through language, memory, and experience. Examining works by Moniza Alvi, Choman Hardi, and others, it considers themes of exile, hybridity, and belonging, revealing poetry's role in shaping and redefining 'home' in contemporary Britain.
James Davey is a researcher of place and identity in modern and contemporary poetry. He holds BA and MA degrees from Bath Spa University, where he also taught Creative Writing for several years, and earned his PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he currently teaches research skills at the University of the West of England, International College.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements Credits Introduction Part 1: The foundations of 'Home' Chapter 1: Different Notions of Home (1.1) Conceptualising Home (1.2) Postcolonial Perspectives Chapter 2: 'Home' in theory (2.1) The Experiential (2.2) The Imaginative (2.3) Homi Bhabha, Hybridity, and Third Space Theory (2.4) Gendered Perspectives (2.5) The Loss of Home Part 2: Reading 'Home' Chapter 3: Contemporary British Poetry (3.1) 'Home-based' poetry in English (3.2) Post-colonial Poetries Part 3: Writing 'Home' Chapter 4: Hidden Worlds: Moniza Alvi (4.1) The Poetics of Uncertainty (4.2) The Embodied Identity (4.3) The Mythopoetic (4.4) Map Making Chapter 5: My English Years: Choman Hardi (5.1) Memory and Exile (5.2) My English Years (5.3) The Poetics of Witness (5.4) Considering the Women Conclusions Index
Acknowledgements Credits Introduction Part 1: The foundations of 'Home' Chapter 1: Different Notions of Home (1.1) Conceptualising Home (1.2) Postcolonial Perspectives Chapter 2: 'Home' in theory (2.1) The Experiential (2.2) The Imaginative (2.3) Homi Bhabha, Hybridity, and Third Space Theory (2.4) Gendered Perspectives (2.5) The Loss of Home Part 2: Reading 'Home' Chapter 3: Contemporary British Poetry (3.1) 'Home-based' poetry in English (3.2) Post-colonial Poetries Part 3: Writing 'Home' Chapter 4: Hidden Worlds: Moniza Alvi (4.1) The Poetics of Uncertainty (4.2) The Embodied Identity (4.3) The Mythopoetic (4.4) Map Making Chapter 5: My English Years: Choman Hardi (5.1) Memory and Exile (5.2) My English Years (5.3) The Poetics of Witness (5.4) Considering the Women Conclusions Index
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