After Empire : Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie.

In After Empire Michael Gorra explores how three novelists of empirePaul Scott, V.S. Naipaul, and Salman Rushdiehave charted the perpetually drawn and perpetually blurred boundaries of identity left in the wake of British imperialism. Arguing against a model of cultural identity based on race, Gorra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gorra, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Temas:
Scott, Paul, > 1920-1978. > Raj quartet.
Naipaul, V. S. > (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), > 1932-2018 > Knowledge > India.
Rushdie, Salman. > Midnight's children.
Naipaul, V. S. > (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), > 1932-2018
Midnight's children (Rushdie, Salman)
Raj quartet (Scott, Paul)
1900-1999
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Indic fiction (English) > History and criticism.
Anglo-Indian fiction > History and criticism.
Decolonization in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Britanniques dans la littérature.
Roman de l'Inde (anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglo-indien > Histoire et critique.
Décolonisation dans la littérature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Anglo-Indian fiction
Decolonization in literature
English fiction
Imperialism in literature
Indic fiction (English)
Literature
National characteristics, British, in literature
India > In literature.
India
empire, imperialism, colonialism, british, literature, identity, race, salman rushdie, paul scott, vs naipaul, raj quartet, difference, multiracial, binary, england, india, diaspora, migrant, mimicry, midnights children, decolonization, satanic verses, englishness, domestic, nationality, nationalism, nonfiction, novels, politics, history, social change, power, authority, language, control.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Sumario:In After Empire Michael Gorra explores how three novelists of empirePaul Scott, V.S. Naipaul, and Salman Rushdiehave charted the perpetually drawn and perpetually blurred boundaries of identity left in the wake of British imperialism. Arguing against a model of cultural identity based on race, Gorra begins with Scott's portrait, in The Raj Quartet, of the character Hari Kumara seeming oxymoron, an "English boy with a dark brown skin," whose very existence undercuts the belief in an absolute distinction between England and India. He then turns to the opposed figures of Naipaul and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (220 pages)
ISBN:9780226304762
0226304760

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