Manav Ratti
Associate Faculty Member, Faculty of English, Oxford University; Senior College, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Postcolonial Theory, Postsecularism, Postcolonial Literature, South Asian Studies
Research Interests: Postcolonial Theory, Postsecularism, Postcolonial Literature, South Asian Studies
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and mythologies in his novels? Mythologies from numerous religious, cultural, and national traditions, including Islamic, Hindu, Norse, Greek, Christian, and Persian, among others, have featured in Rushdie’s fiction from the very beginning. Mythologies allow Rushdie to represent in his fictional narratives the politics, intractability, and crises of postcolonial challenges, pressures, and fissures. These diverse challenges include the politics of immigration and the array of discriminations it can spawn, including xenophobia, classism, and racism; the conflicts between secular and religious world-views, including blasphemy, superstition, and censorship; and the very nature of postcolonial nationalism and nation-building, including reflections on diaspora, national belonging, and homelands.
and mythologies in his novels? Mythologies from numerous religious, cultural, and national traditions, including Islamic, Hindu, Norse, Greek, Christian, and Persian, among others, have featured in Rushdie’s fiction from the very beginning. Mythologies allow Rushdie to represent in his fictional narratives the politics, intractability, and crises of postcolonial challenges, pressures, and fissures. These diverse challenges include the politics of immigration and the array of discriminations it can spawn, including xenophobia, classism, and racism; the conflicts between secular and religious world-views, including blasphemy, superstition, and censorship; and the very nature of postcolonial nationalism and nation-building, including reflections on diaspora, national belonging, and homelands.