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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer LeetschPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2021 Weight: 0.384kg ISBN: 9783030677565ISBN 10: 3030677567 Pages: 282 Publication Date: 18 July 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction: Be/longing2 Routes of Desire: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 3 London Lovers: Zadie Smith 4 Longing Elsewhere: Helen Oyeyemi 5 Opening Wor(l)ds: Warsan Shire and Shailja Patel 6 Coda: “Dreaming of a yet unwritten future”Reviews“Leetsch’s nuanced handling of how topography, typography, space, and language become intertwined with love, intimacy, desire, and romance is, for me, the most generative contribution. The comparative approach that links spatial and affective thinking represents a valuable starting point for further approaches to contemporary African diasporic literature.” (Marco Medugno, Contemporary Women’s Writing, September 25, 2023)
Author InformationJennifer Leetsch is a Lecturer in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Her research focuses on affect, gender and the black diaspora, and she has previously published on desire and intimacy in African diasporic novels, the African European spatial imagination, refugee geocorpographies and diasporic digital media. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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