POSTCOLONIAL TO MULTICULTURAL AN ANTHOLOGY OF TEXTS FROM THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD

Postcolonial to Multicultural is a wide-ranging collection of primary sources on the cultures of the English-speaking world, from the mid-twentieth century to 2004. It places key documents of the contemporary age side by side with critical and creative texts which bring to light the multiple issues at stake in the postcolonial or multicultural world. The geographical areas included range from Ireland, Scotland and Wales to Canada, Australia and New Zealand; from the Indian Subcontinent to Singapore and Hong Kong; from the Caribbean to Africa.
This anthology approaches postcolonial and multicultural concerns through cultural practices and activities thus enabling the reader to take part in the current debate on: diaspora and hybridity; English and Englishes; identity; racism; gender; education.
Postcolonial to Multicultural is an essential companion to anyone interested in the cultural diversity of the contemporary English-speaking world.

England’s first colonies: The Dis/United Kingdom - Invader-Settler Nations. New nations, multiple voices: The South Asian Subcontinental - Caribbean Communities - African Identities. Epilogue. Keywords. Map of the Commonwealth. Selected Bibliography.

Oriana Palusci is Professor of English at the University of Trento. She has published extensively on Victorian women novelists, fantasy and science fiction, Virginia Woolf.
Simona Bertacco is ricercatrice of English culture at the University of Milano. She has published on Canadian literature and postmodern writing.