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Postcolonial Romance

Name: Postcolonial Romance
Brand: Narr
SKU: 50271232
Price: 63.79 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Lisa Schwander
ISBN: 9783381151110

Negotiations of Modernity in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh and Kamila Shamsie

Lisa Schwander

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 50271232

Publishers Narr, March 2026

At first glance, postcolonialism and romance seem worlds apart: the former associated with political... Full description

Libristo code: 50271232

156 b

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At first glance, postcolonialism and romance seem worlds apart: the former associated with political critique and activism, the latter with idealisation and escapism. This study unsettles this assumption. In discussing selected novels of Amitav Ghosh and Kamila Shamsie, it shows how contemporary fiction employs romance conventions to critically engage with history. Far from being apolitical, romance in the novels of Ghosh and Shamsie becomes a tool for rethinking modernity and for envisioning alternative futures disentangled from the colonial past.