Privilege, loss and gain in utopian spaces

The article examines how “utopian spaces” — imagined or fictional spaces of ideal society — are used by (post-)colonial writers (particularly African / formerly colonized contexts) to explore themes of privilege, loss, identity, and transformation. It argues that utopia in postcolonial literature is not just a mirage of an ideal world, but a space where (post)colonized peoples renegotiate identity, confront the legacies of colonialism, and articulate possibilities of gain, loss, and hope. The article analyses narrative and structural strategies writers deploy: using utopian/dystopian tropes to critique colonial or neocolonial realities; combining memory, migration, exile, and re-imagining of home/space; and questioning whether utopia truly offers liberation or masks new forms of loss or alienation.

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Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Goodman, Ralph

Đề mục:

Post-colonial literary studie

Nhà xuất bản:

Taylor & Francis

Ngày xuất bản:

2005

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Định danh tư liệu:

https://doi.org/10.1080/00138390508691328

Nguồn gốc:

English Studies in Africa, Volume 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-36

Liên kết:

ISSN 0013-8398

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