Re-storying the past, re-imagining the future in Adib Khan'sHomecomingandSpiral Road
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2179063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefano Mercanti (0000-0002-9139-891X) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 622-633 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2016.1219138 |
| OpenAlex | W2530656022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article argues that Adib Khan’s fiction challenges the orthodoxies of rigid cultural boundaries and dominator systems by creatively reconfiguring histories, landscapes and identities into forms of transcultural dialogue. Both Homecoming (2003) and Spiral Road (2007) tell the story of the disquieted lives of their protagonists, Martin and Masud, who struggle to inhabit an empathetic consciousness in a world ranked and measured by labels, points of origin, skin colour and religion. Their sense of displacement and yearning to belong – a feature in all Khan’s novels – enable them to move beyond the anxieties of finding a fitting place within the culture around them and embrace new ways of overcoming disconnection, violence and other forms of cultural stereotyping common to all cultures, thus rethinking their past and recreating a more equitable future
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Consciousness · Disconnection · Displacement (psychology · Epistemology · Homecoming · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |