Khan, Nyla Ali, 1972-

The fiction of nationality in an era of transnationalism / Nyla Ali Khan. - New York ; London : Routledge, 2005. - vii, 132 p. ; 24 cm. - Literary criticism and cultural theory .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122) and index.

Transporting the subject: the fiction of nationality in an era of transnationalism -- World borders, political borders in Naipaul's Among the believers -- Transnationalism as hybridization in Rushdie's Satanic verses -- Citizenship in a transnational age: culture and politics in Ghosh's The shadow lines -- Place and the politics of identity in Desai's In custody.

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Naipaul, V. S. 1932- Among the believers.
Desai, Anita, 1937- In custody.
Rushdie, Salman. Satanic verses.
Ghosh, Amitav. Shadow lines.


Indic fiction (English)--History and criticism.
Nationalism and literature--English-speaking countries.
East Indians--Intellectual life.--Foreign countries
Transnationalism.
Globalization in literature.

PR9492.6.N38 / K47 2005

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