By Dunja M Mohr
Within the wake of addressing multiculturalism, transculturalism, racism, and ethnicity, the problem of xenophobia and xenophilia has been a bit marginalized. the current assortment seeks, from numerous angles, to enquire the family members among Self and different within the New Literatures in English. How will we sign in ameliorations and what does an embody represent for either Self and different? The individuals care for numerous themes, starting from theoretical reflections on xenophobia, its exploration by way of intertextuality and New Zealand/Maori historiography, to analyses of migrant and border narratives, and problems with transitionality, authenticity, and racism in Canada and South Africa. Others negotiate identification and alterity in Nigerian, Malaysian, Australian, Indian, Canadian, and Caribbean texts, or examine diaspora and orientalism in Australian-Asian and West Indian contexts.
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