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Writing Brexit: Colonial Remains

Writing Brexit: Colonial Remains

Koegler, Caroline
Tronicke, Marlena
Kumar Malreddy, Pavan

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Literary CriticismGeneral Political Science

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ISBN10: 0367775875
ISBN13: 9780367775872
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 30 2021
Pages: 138
Language: English

Drawing from a rich corpus of British cultural production and postcolonial theory, this book positions Brexit in the historical nexus of colonialism, colonial nostalgia, and the rise of narcissistic nationalism in contemporary Europe.

This collection moves away from existing literary discourses framing Brexit as a 'novel' event that ushered in a new genre of British fiction. It challenges the hackneyed public discourses that depict the results of the 2016 Referendum as the catalyst of regional instability as well as sociopolitical emergency in Europe. This book traces and critiques populist myth-making in the current United Kingdom through engagement with a wide range of literary and cultural productions, and reminds readers of the proleptic potential of postcolonial theorists and authors - Paul Gilroy, Austin Clarke, Mohsin Hamid, Ali Smith, to name a few - in identifying the residual ideologies of imperialism in the lead up to and after the Brexit campaign. The articles featured here extend Brexit's figurative geography towards India, Britain, Pakistan, Ireland, Palestine, Barbados, and Eastern Europe, amongst others. They engage with films, media representations, and public discourses alongside more traditional genres such as the novel and stage productions. With a diversified approach to scholarly fields such as postcolonial literary and cultural studies, the book offers new insights into Brexit's diverse histories not only in academic discourses, but also in the socio-political public sphere at large.

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