Contemporary Somali Diasporic Literature: Ambivalent Belonging and Phobic Cosmopolitanism
Author:   Denish Odanga
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781041129608


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   10 November 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Contemporary Somali Diasporic Literature: Ambivalent Belonging and Phobic Cosmopolitanism


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Author:   Denish Odanga
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781041129608


ISBN 10:   1041129602
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   10 November 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Contextualizing Cosmopolitanism and Phobia 2. Conceptualizing Cosmopolitanism and Diasporic Somali Literature 3. Performance Sites for Cosmopolitanisms: Somali Diasporic Literature in Yasmeen Maxamuud’s Nomad Diaries 4. In the Margins of Afropolitanism: Somali Intra-African Mobilities and Anxieties in Jonny Steinberg’s A Man of Good Hope 5. Estranged Guests: Making of a Terrorist in Hassan Santur’s The Youth of God and Nuruddin Farah’s North of Dawn 6. Somali Infidels and Pariahs: Constructed Phobias, Fractured Selves and, Ideal Cosmopolitanism in Ayaan Hirsi’s Infidel and Nomad 7. Conclusion : Phobic Cosmopolitanism, Ambivalent Presence

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Denish Odanga is a DAAD- PhD Fellow at the University of Potsdam, Germany, where he recently completed his PhD in Anglophone literatures and cultures.

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