Description:
Communicating in the Third Space aims to clarify Homi K. Bhabha's theory of the third space of enunciation by reconstructing its philosophical, sociological, geographical, and political meaning with attention to the special advantages and ambiguities that arise as it is applied in practical--as well as theoretical--contexts.
Review Quotes:
'Communicating in the Third Space offers a rare and much needed critical debate on the value of Bhabha's third space for theorising intercultural interaction in the social sciences and the humanities.' - Dana C. Mount in Postcolonial Text
'T'his competently edited volume is a significant and relevant study in the field of postcolonial discourse and inter- or transnational cultural studies in its great scope and rich heterogeneity. In its diverse range of analysis this volume of essays communicates well enough to students, scholars, researchers and critics interested in exploring new and alternative interpretations of different third spaces in transition.' - Sanghamitra Dalal
'With a focus on contemporary black and Asian British ficiton, Cuevas, in a most convincing, as well as theoretically and textually well-founded manner, maps the georgrapy and the representations of the city of London and portrays its characters and the myriad ways they negotiate (gendered) selves and (cultural and national) identities in the real and imagined spaces they inhabit.' - Cecile Sandten in ZAA, A Quartelery of Language, Literature and Culture