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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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