Mgr. Jana Růžičková

Master's thesis

Postcolonial Novels of London: Cultural Identities in the Writing of Hanif Kureishi

Postcolonial Novels of London: Cultural Identities in the Writing of Hanif Kureishi
Abstract:
The thesis scrutinizes the novels The Buddha of Suburbia and The Black Album by Hanif Kureishi in the light of the theories of postcolonialism. It uses mainly theoretical concepts developed by Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall. The aim is to suggest that the cultural identities of the second generation immigrants in the two novels are perceived as complex, flexible, relational and hybrid concepts rather …more
 

Keywords

postcolonialism immigration cultural identity ethnicity nationalism race second generation transnational metropolis hybridity Kureishi
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 5. 2007
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/dx8e0/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 13. 6. 2007
  • Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.

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