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2. “Belonging Is What You Give Yourself”: Tessa McWatt’s Out of My Skin
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction. “Settling Down and Settling Up”: Conceptualizing the Second Generation 1
- 1. “A Kind of New Vocabulary”: Dionne Brand’s (Re)Mappings in What We All Long For 35
- 2. “Belonging Is What You Give Yourself”: Tessa McWatt’s Out of My Skin 59
- 3. “I Knew This Was England”: Myths of “Back Home” in Andrea Levy’s Fruit of the Lemon 86
- 4. “The Abuses of Settlement”: Esi Edugyan’s The Second Life of Samuel Tyne 111
- 5. “When Roots Won’t Matter Any More”: Zadie Smith’s White Teeth 138
- Conclusion. “Conditions of Possibility” 165
- Notes 171
- Works Cited 181
- Index 193
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction. “Settling Down and Settling Up”: Conceptualizing the Second Generation 1
- 1. “A Kind of New Vocabulary”: Dionne Brand’s (Re)Mappings in What We All Long For 35
- 2. “Belonging Is What You Give Yourself”: Tessa McWatt’s Out of My Skin 59
- 3. “I Knew This Was England”: Myths of “Back Home” in Andrea Levy’s Fruit of the Lemon 86
- 4. “The Abuses of Settlement”: Esi Edugyan’s The Second Life of Samuel Tyne 111
- 5. “When Roots Won’t Matter Any More”: Zadie Smith’s White Teeth 138
- Conclusion. “Conditions of Possibility” 165
- Notes 171
- Works Cited 181
- Index 193
