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Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia

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Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia

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This study focuses on comic ethnic caricatures in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) and argues that the construction and deconstruction of these caricatures transcend the concept of identity. Kureishi’s novel narrates four years in the life of Karim, who is born to an Indian father and an English mother. Karim’s identity conflict due to his mixed racial background prevents him from fitting in the British society. The novel revolves around Karim’s and other immigrant characters’ identity conflicts in the tense political and social climate of 1970s Britain. As the novel is narrated from Karim’s perspective, his humorous perspective of the world produces comic characters, which are particularly caricatured versions of ethnic identities. This study argues that the shifting direction of humour generated by the construction and deconstruction of comic ethnic caricatures exposes the transnational sensibility of ethnic identities in The Buddha of Suburbia.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

  1. Aristotle. (2006). Poetics (J. Sachs, Trans.). Newburyport: Focus.
  2. Ashcroft, R. T. & Bevir, M. (2018). Multiculturalism in Contemporary Britain: Policy, Law and Theory. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 21(1), 1-21.
  3. Bakhtin, M. (1984). Rabelais and His World (H. Iswolsky, Trans.). Bloomington: Indiana UP.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

28 Eylül 2023

Gönderilme Tarihi

6 Mart 2023

Kabul Tarihi

1 Nisan 2023

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2023 Cilt: 21 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA
Menteşe Kıryaman, D. (2023). Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 21(3), 187-201. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1260995
AMA
1.Menteşe Kıryaman D. Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2023;21(3):187-201. doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1260995
Chicago
Menteşe Kıryaman, Dilek. 2023. “Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 21 (3): 187-201. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1260995.
EndNote
Menteşe Kıryaman D (01 Eylül 2023) Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 21 3 187–201.
IEEE
[1]D. Menteşe Kıryaman, “Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia”, Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 21, sy 3, ss. 187–201, Eyl. 2023, doi: 10.18026/cbayarsos.1260995.
ISNAD
Menteşe Kıryaman, Dilek. “Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 21/3 (01 Eylül 2023): 187-201. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1260995.
JAMA
1.Menteşe Kıryaman D. Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2023;21:187–201.
MLA
Menteşe Kıryaman, Dilek. “Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 21, sy 3, Eylül 2023, ss. 187-01, doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1260995.
Vancouver
1.Dilek Menteşe Kıryaman. Ethnic Caricatures and Transnational Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 01 Eylül 2023;21(3):187-201. doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1260995