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- Celebrating Multiculturalism
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- Born in 1947 in Bombay, India
- Family moved to Pakistan
- Settled in England; in 1967 received M.A. from King's College, Cambridge
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- 1981—published Midnight’s Children, winner of Booker McConnell Prize for
Fiction
- 1988—published The Satanic Verses
- 1989– the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa ordering Rushdie’s
assassination, forcing him into hiding
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- 1990—Rushdie declared his support of Islam
- Rushdie remained in hiding for 9 years but continued to publish
- 1998—new Iranian government no longer supported the fatwa
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- Postmodern parody and satire
- Celebration of cultural change, multiplicity, and diversity
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- Magic Realism
- Influence of Indian Cinema— “Bollywood”
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- Fable about clash of Eastern and Western cultures and results of denying
one’s native traditions
- Sacred vial—the continuing power of native cultural traditions
- Advocates accepting one’s cultural past and integrating it with new
worlds to create a balance of cultural influences
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