Postcolonial Ghosts

As liminal beings, ghosts seem particularly appropriate to define, question or challenge hybrid cultures where several, seemingly irreconcilable, identities coexist. The present volume wonders how they manifest themselves in the English-speaking world, and whether there is a specifically postcolonia...

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Other Authors: Joseph-Vilain, Mélanie (Editor), Misrahi-Barak, Judith (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Montpellier Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée 2009
Series:Horizons anglophones
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