Book contents
- Salman Rushdie in Context
- Salman Rushdie in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life
- Part II Literary and Creative Contexts
- Part III Historical and Cultural Contexts
- Chapter 10 Salman Rushdie and History
- Chapter 11 Religious and Ideological Mythologies in Salman Rushdie’s Novels
- Chapter 12 Revisiting the City in Rushdie’s Fiction
- Chapter 13 Nationalism and Transnationalism in Salman Rushdie’s Novels
- Chapter 14 Rushdie and Globalization
- Chapter 15 Salman Rushdie and Diasporic Identities
- Chapter 16 Rushdie and Secularism
- Chapter 17 Orientalism, Terrorism, and Counterinsurgency in Salman Rushdie’s Novels
- Chapter 18 Salman Rushdie’s Upwardly Mobile, Globally Migrating Middle Classes
- Chapter 19 Scheherazade and Her Cousins
- Chapter 20 Filmi Contexts
- Chapter 21 Salman Rushdie and World-Historical Capitalism
- Chapter 22 The Anthropocene and Ecological Limits in the Works of Salman Rushdie
- Part IV Critical Theoretical Contexts
- Part V Reception, Criticism, and Adaptation
- Works by Salman Rushdie
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 13 - Nationalism and Transnationalism in Salman Rushdie’s Novels
from Part III - Historical and Cultural Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2023
- Salman Rushdie in Context
- Salman Rushdie in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life
- Part II Literary and Creative Contexts
- Part III Historical and Cultural Contexts
- Chapter 10 Salman Rushdie and History
- Chapter 11 Religious and Ideological Mythologies in Salman Rushdie’s Novels
- Chapter 12 Revisiting the City in Rushdie’s Fiction
- Chapter 13 Nationalism and Transnationalism in Salman Rushdie’s Novels
- Chapter 14 Rushdie and Globalization
- Chapter 15 Salman Rushdie and Diasporic Identities
- Chapter 16 Rushdie and Secularism
- Chapter 17 Orientalism, Terrorism, and Counterinsurgency in Salman Rushdie’s Novels
- Chapter 18 Salman Rushdie’s Upwardly Mobile, Globally Migrating Middle Classes
- Chapter 19 Scheherazade and Her Cousins
- Chapter 20 Filmi Contexts
- Chapter 21 Salman Rushdie and World-Historical Capitalism
- Chapter 22 The Anthropocene and Ecological Limits in the Works of Salman Rushdie
- Part IV Critical Theoretical Contexts
- Part V Reception, Criticism, and Adaptation
- Works by Salman Rushdie
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter considers how Rushdie engages with wider contexts of nationalism and transnationalism in his works. Tracing the evolution from national epics that investigate the immediate postcolonial aftermath of the partition of British India into the separate nation states of India and Pakistan and the later secession of East Pakistan to form independent Bangladesh, Rushdie’s work has also considered the crisis of nationalism in Britain in the wake of decolonization. Starting with The Satanic Verses and coming to a close with Quichotte, the chapter looks at a set of novels that are largely preoccupied with processes of global migration. The chapter, then, seeks to explore how the concept of transnationalism serves as a productive contextual category to track the motifs and movements of Rushdie’s migrant characters in Bombay, London, and New York, as they reconfigure their sense of self.
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- Salman Rushdie in Context , pp. 170 - 181Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023