Rushdie, Islam, and Postcolonial Criticism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2936362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Brennan (0000-0003-0352-4881, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Issue | 31/32 |
| Pages | 271 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Text (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0164-2472 • E-ISSN: 1527-1951 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/466231 |
| OpenAlex | W2314122106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In spite of a good deal of very bad journalism, the fatwa did prompt informative, even thoughtful, writing. Some reviews printed in the immediate wake of the Rushdie scandal explained key Quranic names, translated imported Urdu terms from The Satanic Verses (SV), and even (in the case of Bharati Mukherjee's unusually smart piece in The Village Voice), gave some feel for Rushdie's fictional unfolding. In academic circles afterwards, we found a good deal of talk about hybridity, about Rushdie as an Indian writer mistaken for a Western one, and about Rushdie the postmodernist. I have watched this process with interest, with an eagerness to learn, but finally with dismay. There seems at times to be so much at stake in what Rushdie signifies that the record of commentary on the man has become the scene of a harsh battle
Criticism · Islam · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2016 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |