‘Post’-9/11 South Asian Diasporic Fiction

1. Introduction: Uncanny Terror and the ‘Post’-9/11
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2. The Uncanny Violence of Strangers: Salman Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown
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3. Crossing the Borders of the Body Politic after 9/11: The Virus Metaphor and Autoimmunity in Hari Kunzru’s Transmission
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4. Home-land Insecurity: Unhomely Homes in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane
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5. The Post-9/11 ‘Return Home’ Novel: Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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6. Conclusion: The Precarious Life of the Other
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Avainsanat: Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Postcolonial/World Literature, North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, British and Irish Literature