From Cultural Purism to Cultural Pluralism: Salman Rushdie and the Hybrid

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Leslie M. Nierste (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Advisor
James Ivory

Abstract: This thesis examines Rushdie’s treatment of the cultural hybrid in The Satanic Verses and The Moor’s Last Sigh in order to explore the following questions: Does Rushdie have an ultimate view of the immigrant/hybrid position? Does he provide an answer to the drawbacks of such a position? What sort of world does Rushdie envision for the hybrid? Etc. I analyze key elements from The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, and Haroun and the Sea of Stories in order to answer the above questions.

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Publication
Thesis
Nierste, L.M. (2010). From Cultural Purism to Cultural Pluralism: Salman Rushdie and the Hybrid. Unpublished master's thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Language: English
Date: 2010
Keywords
Salman Rushdie, Cultural hybridity, Migrancy

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