Description:
Tracing the linkages between the postcolonial bildungsroman and spatial discourses, this volume emphasizes three distinct but interrelated themes, including ecocritical concerns, cultural geography, and coming-of-age stories in alternate mediascapes.
Review Quotes: "This collection masterfully redefines the postcolonial bildungsroman, intertwining the personal and collective struggles of individuals in spaces fraught with ecological degradation, social stagnation, and cultural upheaval. With great nuance, the contributors probe how youth identity, spatial politics, and ecological crises shape coming-of-age narratives, offering new perspectives on postcolonial studies. Essential reading for anyone interested in the intersections of space, culture, and power, this volume reimagines the possibilities of the bildungsroman in contemporary global contexts."--Imre Szeman, director of the Institute for Environment, Conservation, and Sustainability at the University of Toronto Scarborough and coeditor of Power Shift: Keywords for a New Politics of Energy