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Sites about Shame

by Salman Rushdie

The story of a girl who takes on the shame of others, and how it transforms her and those around her.

Characters: Sufiya Zinobia, Raza and Bilqu�s Hyder, Omar Khayyam Shakil

Critical sites about Shame

Death, Mutation, and Rebirth: The Migrant in the Fiction of Salman Rushdie
A student essay. “Shame, Midnight’s Children, and The Satanic Verses all deal with the death the migrant dies, the agony of mutation, and the emancipation and self- knowledge of rebirth. One can understand this unifying theme in Rushdie’s works by examining his life, his deliberately chosen style of prose, the theme of “double identity” in his novels and in his personality, and the benefits that many characters reap from being migrants.”
Contains: Content Analysis
Author: Jason R. D’Cruz
Keywords:
 
Salman Rushdie’s Shame — Historical Overview
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamehistov.html
This site contains student essays on the historical and political context of Shame, particularly with regard to Islamic fundamentalism; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.
Contains: Historical Context
From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
Keywords: postcolonialism, feminist criticism
 
Salman Rushdie’s Shame — Imagery, Symbolism, Motifs
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamesym.html
This site contains several essays by students and scholars on the imagery, symbolism, and motifs in Shame; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.
Contains: Content Analysis
From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
Keywords: magic realism, gender, perception
 
Salman Rushdie’s Shame –Religion and Philosophy
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamerelov.html
This site contains student essays on the religious context of Shame, particularly with regard to Islamic fundamentalism; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.
Contains: Historical Context
From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
Keywords: postcolonialism, feminist criticism
 
Salman Rushdie’s Shame — Setting Overview
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamesetting.html
This site contains several student essays on the postcolonial influences in Shame; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.
Contains: Historical Context
From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
Keywords: postcolonialism, feminist criticism
 
Salman Rushdie’s Shame — Structure Overview
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamestruct.html
This site contains several student essays on the narrative techniques employed in Shame; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.
Contains: Content Analysis
From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
Keywords: perception, postmodernism
 
Salman Rushdie’s Shame — Themes Overview
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shametheme.html
This site contains several student essays on the themes in Shame; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.
Contains: Character Analysis, Historical Context, Content Analysis
From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
Keywords: magic realism, gender, perception
 
The Limits of What Is Possible: Reimagining Sharam in Salman Rushdie’s Shame
http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert/v1i1/sharpe.htm
“Through Sufiyia Zinobia, Rushdie introduces the imaginative possibility of women’s shame producing anger and self-pride rather than embarrassment and family honor. By creating a magical character that plays with the gendering of izzat [honor] and sharam [shame], [Rushdie] breaks down the taken-for-grantedness of female modesty. “
Contains: Bibliography, Character Analysis, Historical Context
Author: Jenny Sharpe
From: Jouvert: A Journal of Postcolonial Studies Vol 1, Issue 1
Keywords: feminist criticism, honor, shame, sexuality
 

 
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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013