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Postcolonial Identity in the Novels of Salman Rushdie

Author(s) Dr. UMAJI ANANDA PATIL
Country India
Abstract Salman Rushdie's body of work is a landmark in postcolonial literature, offering a kaleidoscopic exploration of identity, nationhood, exile, and memory. This research paper analyses the construction of postcolonial identity across Rushdie’s wide-ranging narratives. It focuses on the thematic and stylistic devices through which he interrogates belonging, hybridity, and the politics of representation. Through a postcolonial lens grounded in the theories of Homi Bhabha, Edward Said, and Gayatri Spivak, the study conducts a comprehensive literary review, employs qualitative methodology, and derives findings that explore identity as hybrid, fluid, and politically constructed. Rushdie's narrative strategies—including magical realism, allegory, and meta fiction—serve as tools to critique colonial legacies and re imagine self hood in a globalized world. His fiction actively contests historical silencing, affirms pluralist values, and articulates the complexities of self hood in the aftermath of empire, migration, and cultural fragmentation. Moreover, the paper demonstrates how Rushdie’s literary cartography of identity not only interrogates colonial residues but also illuminates the transformative role of narrative in shaping transnational and diaspora consciousness.
Keywords Postcolonialism, identity, hybridity, diaspora, nationhood, exile, cultural fragmentation
Field Arts
Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On 2025-07-11
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.50700
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9s9qb
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