The Hybrid State: Hanif Kureishi and Thatcherâs Britain

Andrew Hammond

Jump to Content

The Hybrid State: Hanif Kureishi and Thatcherâs Britain

In: Reconstructing Hybridity

Author:

Andrew Hammond

Andrew Hammond
Search for other papers by Andrew Hammond in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

Type:: Chapter

Pages:: 221â240

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401203890_013

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

â¬42.00â¬35.00Â excl. VAT

Add to Cart

Redeem Access Token

Although hybridity-theory continues to underpin postcolonial literature and criticism, there have been doubts raised about its ability to challenge dominant ideologies. The work of Hanif Kureishi, a British-Asian novelist, dramatist and screenplay writer, expresses an awareness of the innately hybrid nature of British society, but also a suspicion that hybridity does not necessarily produce a more tolerant or egalitarian society. This is particularly true of the novels and screenplays that Kureishi wrote during the 1980s. Looking at The Buddha of Suburbia, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, The Black Album and particularly My Beautiful Laundrette, this article explores the writerâs questioning of hybridity-theory in the atmosphere of racism, individualism and economic inequality that marked the Thatcher era.

Citation Info

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share link with colleague or librarian

You can email a link to this page to a colleague or librarian:
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://brill.edhh.ma/abstract/book/9789401203890/B9789401203890-s013.xml
The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.

Link copied successfully

Collapse
Expand

Reconstructing Hybridity

Post-Colonial Studies in Transition

Series:Â Textxet: Studies in Comparative Literature, Volume: 51

E-Book ISBN:: 9789401203890

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2007

Subjects
- Literature and Cultural Studies
  - Postcolonial Literature & Culture
- Social Sciences
  - Cultural Studies

Metrics

	All Time	Past 365 days	Past 30 Days
Abstract Views	172	47	4
Full Text Views	13	3	0
PDF Views & Downloads	15	5	0

African Studies	Education	Media Studies
American Studies	History	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Ancient Near East and Egypt	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Musicology
Art History	International Law	Philosophy
Asian Studies	International Relations	Religious Studies
Biblical Studies	Jewish Studies	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Biology	Languages and Linguistics	Social Sciences
Book History and Cartography	Life Sciences	Theology and World Christianity
Classical Studies	Literature and Cultural Studies

Subjects

Authors

Open Access

Product Information

Company

Contact

The Hybrid State: Hanif Kureishi and Thatcherâs Britain

Citation Info

Share link with colleague or librarian

Reconstructing Hybridity

Post-Colonial Studies in Transition

Table of Contents

Metrics

Metrics

The Hybrid State: Hanif Kureishi and Thatcherâs Britain