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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829199003321

Autore

Barnouw Dagmar

Titolo

Naipaul's strangers / / Dagmar Barnouw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-282-07202-1

0-253-10640-0

0-253-10975-2

9786612072024

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Disciplina

823/.914

Soggetti

Trinidadians - Foreign countries - History - 20th century

Travelers' writings - History and criticism

Cultural pluralism in literature

Intercultural communication in literature

Strangers in literature

Islam in literature

Islamic countries In literature

Pakistan In literature

Iran In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : cultural plurality and cultural value -- Understanding strangers -- Postcoloniality and historicity -- Stories of other lives : novels -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; among the believers : an Islamic journey -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; beyond belief : Islamic excursions among the converted peoples : Iran -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; beyond belief : Islamic excursions among the converted peoples : Pakistan -- Uncertain histories : finding the center and the enigma of arrival -- Uncertain histories : a way in the world.

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of the Nobel Prize, Naipaul has traveled throughout the world, looking at its varied cultures and seeking out others' stories, recording and transforming them. His engagement with postcolonial cultures



informs his novels, such as Guerrillas and A Bend in the River. However, it is his documentaries (such as Among the Believers and Beyond Belief) and his works that combine actual and fictional histories and memories (Finding the Center, The Enigma of Arrival, and A Way in the World) that best exhibit a growing awareness of the complexities of cultural difference and the incompleteness an