Multicultural Adolescence and Its Identitary Vicissitudes in Contemporary British Short Stories

The present chapter deals with the specific identitary vicissitudes of the multicultural young protagonists of the short stories chosen for discussion: Hanif Kureishi’s “Touched” (2002), Leila Aboulela’s “The Boy from the Kebab Shop” (2001) and Diriye Osman’s “Shoga” (2013). On account of its brevit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Sacido Romero, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/34515
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34515
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:liminality
multiculturalism
adolescence
Erik Erikson
Hanif Kureishi
Leila Aboulela
Diriye Osman
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Sumario:The present chapter deals with the specific identitary vicissitudes of the multicultural young protagonists of the short stories chosen for discussion: Hanif Kureishi’s “Touched” (2002), Leila Aboulela’s “The Boy from the Kebab Shop” (2001) and Diriye Osman’s “Shoga” (2013). On account of its brevity, concentration and other formal features, the short form reveals itself as an apt vehicle for the fictional rendition of liminal moments of crisis such as those experienced by the main characters in the pieces under scrutiny.