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Sites about Shame

by Salman Rushdie

The story of a girl who takes on the shame of others, and how it transforms her and those around her.

Characters: Sufiya Zinobia, Raza and Bilqu“s Hyder, Omar Khayyam Shakil

Critical sites about Shame

Death, Mutation, and Rebirth: The Migrant in the Fiction of Salman Rushdie

http://www.trill-home.com/rushdie/jason_paper.html

A student essay. "Shame, Midnight's Children, and The Satanic Verses all deal with the death the migrant dies, the agony of mutation, and the emancipation and self- knowledge of rebirth. One can understand this unifying theme in Rushdie's works by examining his life, his deliberately chosen style of prose, the theme of "double identity" in his novels and in his personality, and the benefits that many characters reap from being migrants."

Contains: Content Analysis

Author: Jason R. D'Cruz

Keywords:

 

Salman Rushdie's Shame -- Historical Overview

http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamehistov.html

This site contains student essays on the historical and political context of Shame, particularly with regard to Islamic fundamentalism; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.

Contains: Historical Context

From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English

Keywords: postcolonialism, feminist criticism

 

Salman Rushdie's Shame -- Imagery, Symbolism, Motifs

http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamesym.html

This site contains several essays by students and scholars on the imagery, symbolism, and motifs in Shame; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.

Contains: Content Analysis

From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English

Keywords: magic realism, gender, perception

 

Salman Rushdie's Shame --Religion and Philosophy

http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamerelov.html

This site contains student essays on the religious context of Shame, particularly with regard to Islamic fundamentalism; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.

Contains: Historical Context

From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English

Keywords: postcolonialism, feminist criticism

 

Salman Rushdie's Shame -- Setting Overview

http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamesetting.html

This site contains several student essays on the postcolonial influences in Shame; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.

Contains: Historical Context

From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English

Keywords: postcolonialism, feminist criticism

 

Salman Rushdie's Shame -- Structure Overview

http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shamestruct.html

This site contains several student essays on the narrative techniques employed in Shame; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.

Contains: Content Analysis

From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English

Keywords: perception, postmodernism

 

Salman Rushdie's Shame -- Themes Overview

http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/post/pakistan/literature/rushdie/shametheme.html

This site contains several student essays on the themes in Shame; the essays were prepared under the supervision of professor George Landow.

Contains: Character Analysis, Historical Context, Content Analysis

From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English

Keywords: magic realism, gender, perception

 

The Limits of What Is Possible: Reimagining Sharam in Salman Rushdie's Shame

http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert/v1i1/sharpe.htm

"Through Sufiyia Zinobia, Rushdie introduces the imaginative possibility of women's shame producing anger and self-pride rather than embarrassment and family honor. By creating a magical character that plays with the gendering of izzat [honor] and sharam [shame], [Rushdie] breaks down the taken-for-grantedness of female modesty. "

Contains: Bibliography, Character Analysis, Historical Context

Author: Jenny Sharpe

From: Jouvert: A Journal of Postcolonial Studies Vol 1, Issue 1

Keywords: feminist criticism, honor, shame, sexuality

 

 
Other (non-critical) sites about Shame