Abstract
This paper pursues the question "who needs the nation?" which was first posed by Kobena Mercer, the Black British cultural critic, in Welcome to the Jungle (1994). It interrogates not just the proposition of who needs the nation as a fixed referent, but who can afford to be content to be contained by its disciplinary boundaries. These are questions of interest to practitioners committed to understanding what the ramifications are for national histories in the wake of postcolonial studies and work around diasporic communities and subjects.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Essays on the British State |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Pages | 72-94 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781444309706 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781405179331 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 17 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences