A passage to globalism [electronic resource] : globalization, identities and South Asian diasporic fiction in Britain / Bidhan Chandra Roy.

By: Contributor(s): Series: South Asian literature, arts, and culture studies ; v. 4Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, c2013.Description: viii, 208 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 820.9/954 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9570.S64 R68 2013eb
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Contents:
Remapping the borders of identity: Globalization and the negotiation of national identities in Hanif Kureishi's My beautiful laundrette, Salman Rushdie's The ground beneath her feet and Ravinder Randhawa's The coral strand -- Imagining a world of inequality: class identities in V.S. Naipaul's Magic seeds, Manzu Islam's Burrow and Hari Kunzru's Transmission -- The new ummah: negotiating Muslim identities in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses, Hanif Kureishi's The black album, and Monica Ali's Brick lane -- Gendering the world: globalization and gender identities in Farhana Sheikh's The red box, Meera Syal's Life isn't all ha ha hee and Nadeem Aslam's Maps for lost lovers -- Conclusion: Conflicted identities and new directions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Remapping the borders of identity: Globalization and the negotiation of national identities in Hanif Kureishi's My beautiful laundrette, Salman Rushdie's The ground beneath her feet and Ravinder Randhawa's The coral strand -- Imagining a world of inequality: class identities in V.S. Naipaul's Magic seeds, Manzu Islam's Burrow and Hari Kunzru's Transmission -- The new ummah: negotiating Muslim identities in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses, Hanif Kureishi's The black album, and Monica Ali's Brick lane -- Gendering the world: globalization and gender identities in Farhana Sheikh's The red box, Meera Syal's Life isn't all ha ha hee and Nadeem Aslam's Maps for lost lovers -- Conclusion: Conflicted identities and new directions.

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