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This study attempts to multiculturalise the Gothic by reading a wide selection of Postcolonial Asian and Asian American narratives in light of familiar Gothic tropes such as the uncanny, the double, spectres, and the sublime. Discussing some of the more important concepts in postcolonialism such as subjectivity, belonging, hybridity and nationalism, the author argues that the trajectory of the postcolonial and diasporic experience is fraught with profound moments of trauma, loss and transgression which the aesthetics of the Gothic can illuminate. Throughout the study, a careful balance is maintained between deploying Gothic criticism and emphasising the narrative's cultural, historical and ideological specificity to ensure that a textual form of colonial imposition does not occur. Writings by well-known authors such as Rushdie, Roy, Ondaatje and Mukherjee, and lesser known ones such as Lan Samantha Chang, K.S, Maniam and Beth Yahp are analysed.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Interrogating Interstices
• Subtitle: Gothic Aesthetics in Postcolonial Asian and Asian American Literature
• Author: Hock-Soon Andrew
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 289
• EAN: 9783039110063
• ISBN: 9783039110063
• ID: 10023699
• Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
• Weight: 430 g
• Dimensions: 152 × 225 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. April 2007

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