Contemporary Fictions of Multiculturalism [electronic resource] : Diversity and the Millennial London Novel /
Perfect, Michael.author.
Contemporary Fictions of Multiculturalism analyses novels of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that explore ethnic and cultural diversity in London. It contributes to key, ongoing debates in literary and cultural studies and, in particular, to debates over the status and relevance of multiculturalism today.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 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 (2000): 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); Coda: The Prophet's Graveyard; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contemporary Fictions of Multiculturalism analyses novels of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that explore ethnic and cultural diversity in London. It contributes to key, ongoing debates in literary and cultural studies and, in particular, to debates over the status and relevance of multiculturalism today.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Fiction.
Literature—History and criticism.
British and Irish Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.
Literary History.