02995nam 2200733 a 450 991079195040332120200520144314.01-84779-723-71-78170-322-11-84779-353-3(CKB)2560000000085752(EBL)1069623(OCoLC)818847374(SSID)ssj0000747052(PQKBManifestationID)12294107(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747052(PQKBWorkID)10703887(PQKB)11136773(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085747(OCoLC)936296970(MdBmJHUP)muse78067(Au-PeEL)EBL1069623(CaPaEBR)ebr10623316(CaONFJC)MIL843777(MiAaPQ)EBC1069623(DE-B1597)659335(DE-B1597)9781847793539(EXLCZ)99256000000008575220121129d2010 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrBritish Asian fiction[electronic resource] twenty-first-century voices /Sara UpstoneManchester Manchester University Press20101 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-7833-4 0-7190-7832-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Salman Rushdie and V. S. Naipaul; 2 Hanif Kureishi; 3 Ravinder Randhawa; 4 Atima Srivastava; 5 Nadeem Aslam; 6 Meera Syal; 7 Hari Kunzru; 8 Monica Ali; 9 Suhayl Saadi; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexThis is the first text to focus solely on the writing of British writers of South Asian descent born or raised in Britain. Exploring the unique contribution of these writers, it positions their work within debates surrounding black British, diasporic, migrant, and postcolonial literature in order to foreground both the continuities and tensions embedded in their relationship to such terms, engaging in particular with the ways in which this 'new' generation has been denied the right to a distinctive theoretical framework through absorption into pre-existing frames of reference. Focusing on theOriental fiction (English)British writers.South Asian descent.black British literature.diasporic literature.gender.migrant literature.national identity.post-9/11 Britain.postcolonial literature.religious identity.Oriental fiction (English)823.9209891411041Upstone Sara786879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791950403321British Asian fiction3694658UNINA