Imaginary Homelands

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essay collection non-fiction book

Imaginary Homelands is a collection of essays by Salman Rushdie that reflects on exile, identity, politics, and the nature of storytelling in the modern world.

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Imaginary Homelands canonical 1
Imaginary Homelands (title essay) 1
Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981–1991 1

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instanceOf essay collection ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
author Salman Rushdie ⓘ
authorNationality Indian-born British ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
form collected essays ⓘ
genre essays ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasPart Commonwealth Literature Does Not Exist ⓘ
Imaginary Homelands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imaginary Homelands (title essay)

In God We Trust ⓘ
Outside the Whale ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
surface form: The Location of Brazil

The New Empire Within Britain ⓘ
hasTheme freedom of expression ⓘ
homeland and displacement ⓘ
memory ⓘ
multiculturalism ⓘ
translation and language ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor discussion of postcolonial English literature ⓘ
exploration of migrant and hybrid identities ⓘ
reflection on the role of the writer in politics ⓘ
pageCount 432 ⓘ
publicationYear 1991 ⓘ
publisher Granta Books ⓘ
Viking ⓘ
relatedWork Midnight's Children ⓘ
The Satanic Verses ⓘ
setting multiple countries ⓘ
subject India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
diaspora ⓘ
exile ⓘ
identity ⓘ
politics ⓘ
postcolonialism ⓘ
religion and literature ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
targetAudience readers of literary essays ⓘ
students of postcolonial literature ⓘ
timeSpanOfEssays 1964–1990 ⓘ
titleOrigin concept of constructed or remembered homelands ⓘ

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Salman → notableWork → Imaginary Homelands ⓘ
subject surface form: Salman Rushdie
Imaginary Homelands → hasPart → Imaginary Homelands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imaginary Homelands (title essay)
Salman Rushdie bibliography → includesWork → Imaginary Homelands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981–1991