UPDATE: Zadie Smith (4/30/06; collection)
Submissions are invited for a collection of essays analyzing the novels =
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and short stories of black British author Zadie Smith. The main focus of =
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the collection will be to explore the various ways Smith approaches =3D
issues of race, identity, and post colonialism.=3D20
Suggested topics for discussion include:
Black British/British identity in a global community
Exploring Biracial identity in a British context
Interracial relationships
The utopian view of "race mixing"
A comparative view of post colonialism: immigrant vs. British born =3D
children
Cultural alienation and displacement