Contemporary Fictions of Multiculturalism
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-45543-0 (ISBN)
Michael Perfect is an Assistant Professor of English Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. His main research and teaching interests are in twentieth- and twenty-first century literature and culture. He has published journal articles and book chapters on contemporary British literature and postcolonial studies and has taught at the University of Cambridge - where he obtained his PhD in 2011 - as well as in London.
Introduction: Backgrounds: Facts and Fictions of Multicultural London 1. Multiculturalism and the Work of Hanif Kureishi 2. 'Fold the paper and pass it on': Andrea Levy's London Fiction 3. Multicultural London in Zadie Smith's White Teeth : a Celebration of Unpredictability and Uncertainty? 4. Permanence and Transience: Monica Ali's Brick Lane (2003) and In The Kitchen (2009) 5. Mis-marketing Multiculturalism? Gautam Malkani's Londonstani (2006) 6. London as a Safe Haven? Asylum, Immigration and Missing Fingers in Chris Cleave's The Other Hand (2008) and Brian Chikwava's Harare North (2009) 7. London as a 'Brutal', 'Hutious' City: Stephen Kelman's Pigeon English (2011) 8. Coda: The Prophet's Graveyard Notes Bibliography Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | XI, 221 p. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
Schlagworte | literary fiction • London Multiculturalism in fiction |
ISBN-10 | 1-349-45543-1 / 1349455431 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-349-45543-0 / 9781349455430 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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