Hanif Kureishi
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Hanif Kureishi
（A reader's guide to essential criticism）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 178-185
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: cloth ISBN 9781403920560
Description
Hanif Kureishi is one of the most exciting and controversial British writers who has produced significant work in a range of forms: plays, essays, novels, short stories and film. This guide introduces and sets in context the key debates about his work, and discusses his writing in relation to such issues as gender, postcolonial theory and British identity today. By exploring Kureishi's own statements and a wide range of critical perspectives, the guide provides a comprehensive resource for the study of one of the most important critical figures in contemporary culture.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Foreplays: The King and Me (1980), Outskirts (1981), Borderline (1981) and Birds of Passage (1983).- 'Class, race, fucking and farce': My Beautiful Laundrette (1985).- World City: Sammie and Rosie Get Laid (1988).- Modern Everyman: The Buddha of Suburbia (1990).- Street Life: London Kills Me (1991).- 'Prince of Darkness Meets Princess of Porn': The Black Album (1995).- Taxi Driver in Bradford: My Son the Fanatic (1997).- Midlife Misery: Love in a Blue Time (1997), Intimacy (1998), Sleep With Me (1999) and Midnight All Day (1999).- Cheerful Fictions: Gabriel's Gift (2001) and The Body and Seven Stories (2002).- Conclusion: Whatever Next?.- Index.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9781403920577
Description
Hanif Kureishi is one of the most exciting and controversial British writers who has produced significant work in a range of forms: plays, essays, novels, short stories and film. This guide introduces and sets in context the key debates about his work, and discusses his writing in relation to such issues as gender, postcolonial theory and British identity today. By exploring Kureishi's own statements and a wide range of critical perspectives, the guide provides a comprehensive resource for the study of one of the most important critical figures in contemporary culture.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Foreplays: The King and Me (1980), Outskirts (1981), Borderline (1981) and Birds of Passage (1983).- 'Class, race, fucking and farce': My Beautiful Laundrette (1985).- World City: Sammie and Rosie Get Laid (1988).- Modern Everyman: The Buddha of Suburbia (1990).- Street Life: London Kills Me (1991).- 'Prince of Darkness Meets Princess of Porn': The Black Album (1995).- Taxi Driver in Bradford: My Son the Fanatic (1997).- Midlife Misery: Love in a Blue Time (1997), Intimacy (1998), Sleep With Me (1999) and Midnight All Day (1999).- Cheerful Fictions: Gabriel's Gift (2001) and The Body and Seven Stories (2002).- Conclusion: Whatever Next?.- Index.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.
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