Essays about: "Hanif Kureishi"

Found 5 essays containing the words Hanif Kureishi.

  1. 1. The Bisexual Struggle for Existence in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia : How Karim’s Journey Exposes Key Assumptions of Bisexual Erasure in a Monosexist Society

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Jupiter Daneshyar; [2024]
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  3. 2. Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia : The Production of Subjectivity and Commodification

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Branko Ladan; [2023]
    Keywords : Neoliberalism; The Buddha of Suburbia; Michel Foucault; Fredric Jameson; Literature;

    Abstract : This essay aims to analyze the main characters of Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. The main characters embark on a metaphorical journey against a backdrop of turbulent socio-political changes in 1970s Britain, ending with the emergence of neoliberalism and the rise of Margaret Thatcher. READ MORE

  4. 3. Satire in Service of Postcolonialism : An Analysis of Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia and Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime: Stories of a South African Childhood

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Torbjörn Reivant Olausson; [2018]
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  5. 4. THE ACTOR OF SUBURBIA: IDENTITY AND SELF-TRANSFORMATION IN THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Maria Hallhagen; [2016-02-03]
    Keywords : postcolonialism; performativity; authenticity; Orientalism;

    Abstract : Abstract: This essay studies the significance of acting and performing in relation to selftransformation and the search for an identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. It uses Judith Butler’s discussions on moral responsibility and gender performances, in order to investigate how the characters negotiate their identities and draws on Edward Said’s discussion on Orientalism to establish how the novel uses stereotypes as a way of undermining stereotyping and Orientalist learning. READ MORE

  6. 5. Old Traits and New Fiction, The Role of the Contemporary Bildungsroman in Contemporary Fiction : A Comparison Based on Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Karin Svensson; [2009]
    Keywords : Hanif Kureishi; Bildungsroman; Buddha in literature; fulfillment; inner peace; pedagogical; moral lesson; traits; contemporary values; Great Expectations; Charles Dickens; Suburbia; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to study the key characteristics of the Bildungsroman and examine if the same traits still are in use in contemporary fiction and what values that are being mediated. The aim is also to focus on the style in which the pedagogical message is being delivered thus highlighting the possible differences and similarities between an old-fashioned Bildungsroman, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, and a contemporary one, Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. READ MORE