Nationalism and the Postcolonial

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Often thought of as a thing of the past, nationalism remains surprisingly resilient in the postcolonial era, especially since the concepts of multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism have lost authority in recent years. The contributions assembled in Nationalism and the Postcolonial examine various forms, representations, and consequences of past and present nationalisms in languages, popular culture, and literature in or associated with Australia, Canada, England, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago Bringing together perspectives from linguistics, political science, cultural studies, and literary studies, the collection illustrates how postcolonial nationalism functions as a unifying mechanism of anti-colonial nation-building as well as a divisive force that can encourage discrimination and violence. Contributors: Natascha Bing, Prachi Gupta, Ralf Haekel, Kathrin Härtl, Idreas Khandy, Theresa Krampe, Lukas Lammers, Arhea Marshall, Hannah Pardey, Sina Schuhmaier, Hanna Teichler, Michael Westphal Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors and Editors Nationalism and the Postcolonial: An Introduction 1 Points of Departure: From Populist Nationalism to ‘Coronationalism’ 2 Postcolonial Studies and Studies of Nationalism 3 This Collection Works Cited Part 1 The Languages of Nationalism Chapter 1 The Nationalist Ideology of Monolingualism in Postcolonial Theory 1 Introduction 2 Methodological Nationalism in Models of Postcolonial Englishes 3 Multilingual Kenya 4 Creole and English in Jamaica 5 Decolonizing the Mind Revisited Works Cited Chapter 2 Talking Kenya*n: Dynamic Practices for a Heterogeneous Nation 1 Introduction 2 Talking Kenya*n: A Fluid Nation and Turbulent Languages 3 Candidates’ Focus on National and Subnational Unity 4 Variability in the Citizens’ Discourses 5 Change of Hegemonic Practices 6 Conclusion Works Cited Chapter 3 The Hindi Language and the Imagination of the Indian Nation: Ramchandra Shukla’s Construction of Indian Civilization 1 Introduction 2 Language as the Anchor of Indian Civilization 3 Hindi and the National Community 4 The Hindi Language and Post-Independence Politics 5 Conclusion Works Cited Part 2 The Songs and Sounds of Nationalism Chapter 4 Singing the Postcolonial Independent in Trinbagonian Calypso 1 Introduction 2 Calypso 3 Independent at Last 4 Independence Calypso Contest 1962: Calypsonians and Calypsos 5 Independent from Colonial Rule? The Postcolonial Sings Forth 6 Independent to Be at Home 7 “Trinidad, if Not also Tobago” 8 Coda: The Postcolonial Independent Works Cited Chapter 5 Singing the Nation: The Condition of Englishness in the Lyrics of PJ Harvey and Kate Tempest 1 Introduction: The ‘Condition of England,’ Empire, and the ‘Crisis of Englishness’ 2 ‘Pop Englishness’ between Subversion and Affirmation 3 “Take Me Back to Beautiful England”: PJ Harvey’s Pastoral Elegy 4 Europe, America, London Lost: Kate Tempest’s Indictment of Past and Present Wrongs 5 Conclusion: Chronicling the Condition of Englishness Works Cited Part 3 Nationalisms in Postcolonial Popular Culture Chapter 6 Pop Culture: A Vehicle of State Nationalism in India 1 Introduction 2 Building the Indian State and Making the Indian Nation 3 Broadcasting Bharat 4 The Ever-Present Tiranga 5 Bharatvarsha 2.0: Coming Soon? 6 Conclusion Works Cited Chapter 7 Meet the ‘Holy Family’: From Multicultural Australia to Enforced Reconciliation in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia (2008) 1 Introduction 2 In “a Land Far, Far Away” 3 In the Loving Embrace of “Missus Boss” 4 Conclusion Works Cited Chapter 8 Intersections of Race, Sexuality, and National Identity in BioWare’s Mass Effect 1 Introduction: On the Political Aesthetics of Playing Queer 2 Game Studies and Cultural Studies 3 Queer Intersections: Identity Politics in me 4 The Closeted Nationalism(s) of Mass Effect 5 Conclusion: The Game, the Player, and the Critic Works Cited Part 4 Nationalisms in Postcolonial Literatures Chapter 9 Blind Spots: Nationalism and the Photographic Gaze in Teju Cole’s Every Day Is for the Thief 1 Nationalism, Museums, and Photography 2 The Uses of Genre in Every Day Is for the Thief 3 Photography, Glass, and Vision 4 Blind Spots 5 Conclusion Works Cited Chapter 10 Emotional Nationalism in the New Nigerian Novel 1 Introduction: Investigating the New Nigerian Novel’s Authors and Readers 2 Allegorical Realism: Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) 3 Disenchanted Realism: Habila’s Measuring Time (2007) 4 Conclusion: From Imagined to Online Communities Works Cited Chapter 11 The British Empire and the ‘Laureate of Its Demise’: Postimperial Nostalgia in Jane Gardam’s Old Filth Trilogy 1 Introduction: The Decline of the British Empire in Three Parts 2 Postimperial Melancholia and the Heroics of Brexit 3 New Neighbours and ‘Old Filth’: Taking on the Colonial Pain 4 “You Know Kipling Had a Start like Filth?”3 – A Generation of ‘Empire Orphans’ 5 Conclusion: “Malaya’s My Country” Works Cited Chapter 12 ‘Bastardizing’ National Belonging: Derek Walcott and Joseph Conrad 1 Joseph Conrad, “that Bastard” 2 Walcott, the Caribbean ‘Nation’, and Language 3 Joseph Conrad on Language and Nationality 4 Walcott and the Nation 5 Conclusion Works Cited Index