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Salman Rushdie's cities : reconfigurational politics and the contemporary urban imagination /
This is a critical framework for reading cities in contemporary and postcolonial writing based on the development of the urban in Salman Rushdie's work. Bombay, London, New York and Delhi, cities are central to Salman Rushdie's novels. Reading his urban representations, this study explains...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Continuum studies in the city.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is a critical framework for reading cities in contemporary and postcolonial writing based on the development of the urban in Salman Rushdie's work. Bombay, London, New York and Delhi, cities are central to Salman Rushdie's novels. Reading his urban representations, this study explains exactly how Rushdie has contributed to our understanding of the postcolonial, the contemporary, the local and the global city. It looks beyond the typical urban boundaries favored by Rushdie scholars, discussing Mexico City and Karachi and includes a wider survey of contemporary writers and commentators on urban fictions and urban geography. The result is an informed investigation into the relations that exist between cities. Linking Rushdie's urban portrayals to those of Auster, Ackroyd and Desai as well as Dickens, Bulgakov, and Calvino, this study forms further connections with The Indian epics and Hindu, Ancient Greek and Aztec mythologies. Rushdie's ability to unsettle the constructs of land, the nation and the colonies is realized and the ability cities have of re-constructing one another is charted. This is a critical reflection on the urban imagination, reaching new understanding of what is contemporary in literary cities. |
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| Notas: | WE HAVE BEEN GRANTED TEMPORARY ACCESS TO THIS TITLE. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1441148647 9781441148643 9781472542755 1472542754 9781441192561 1441192565 |
| Encontrar Ayuda: | Available in electronic full text to members of the University via the Library web catalogue. |