Hanif Kureishi : Postcolonial Storyteller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaleta, Kenneth C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism in literature.

Decolonization in literature.

Immigrants in literature.

Literature and society--England--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

National characteristics, English, in literature.

Postcolonialism--England.

Postcolonialism.

South Asians in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : University of Texas Press, 1997.

Summary:

"Hanif Kureishi is a proper Englishman. Almost." So observes biographer Kenneth Kaleta. Well known for his films My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, the Anglo-Asian screenwriter, essayist, and novelist has become one of the leading portrayers of Britain's multicultural society. His work raises important questions of personal and national identity as it probes the experience of growing up in one culture with roots in another, very different one. This book is the first critical biography of Hanif Kureishi. Kenneth Kaleta interviewed Kureishi over several years and enjoyed unlimited access to all of his working papers, journals, and personal files. From this rich cache of material, he opens a fascinating window onto Kureishi's creative process, tracing such works as My Beautiful Laundrette, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, The Buddha of Suburbia, London Kills Me, The Black Album, and Love in a Blue Time from their genesis to their public reception. Writing for Kureishi fans as well as film and cultural studies scholars, Kaleta pieces together a vivid mosaic of the postcolonial, hybrid British culture that has nourished Kureishi and his work.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Liquid Windows: Kureishi as Storyteller

From Bromley to Baron's Court: Plays, Early Prose, and English Tradition

Films with Frears: My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Author: The Buddha of Suburbia

Auteur: London Kills Me

Adapter: The Buddha of Suburbia on Film

Author Again: The Black Album

Author in Process: Love in a Blue Time

We Are Family: Lovers and Love in Kureishi

Over the Rainbow: Immigrant Dreams

Postcolonial Identities: Redefined Nationalism

Kureishi's Storytelling: Liquid Windows

Notes

Appendix

Credits

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-292-79965-9

OCLC:

1309029984