The present volume aims at exploring the world of diasporic fiction in Britain, with a special focus on Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi and Meera Syal. Through an interdisciplinary approach and with a wealth of illuminating examples, Esterino Adami deals with a wide variety of critical issues such as the impact of ethnic communities, the reinvention of Englishness against the backdrop of intercultural negotiations, the rise of diasporic cinema and the literary experience of hybridity. The author also traces the narrative and stylistic features of these ground breaking writers in the light of postcolonial discourse, postmodernism and cultural studies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Esterino Adami
Esterino Adami holds a Ph.D in English Studies from the University of Turin, Italy. He has taught English language at different levels in schools and at university, and has also held seminars and workshops on Postcolonial Literatures and intercultural Education. He has presented papers at national and international conferences (Venice, Durban SA, Manchester) and has written many essays and reviews, mainly on African, Indian and British authors. He is interested in Diasporic Fiction, the New Literatures in English, Gothic Literature, Culture and Institutions of the English-Speaking Countries, Linguistics, Translation Studies and Teaching English for Specific Purposes.
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