Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-205) and index.
Introduction : the politics of post-space -- Shifting the scales : postcolonial nation -- The fulcrum of instability : postcolonial journeys -- The ambiguous utopia : postcolonial cities -- Reversals of representation : postcolonial homes -- Last scale : postcolonial bodies.
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In her innovative study of spatial locations in postcolonial texts, Sara Upstone adopts a transnational approach, focusing on the major texts of Wilson Harris, Toni Morrison, and Salmon Rushdie with reference to other postcolonial authors. Challenging the privileging of the nation, Upstone shows that spatial locales such as the journey, city, home, and body enable personal or communal statements of resistance against colonial prejudice and its neo-colonial legacies.