Salman Rushdie's Cities : Reconfigurational Politics and the Contemporary Urban Imagination

This interdisciplinary study reveals how Salman Rushdie's literary works serve as a lens to explore the dynamic interplay between historical and contemporary urban landscapes, particularly focusing on cities like Bombay, Karachi, Islamabad, London, and New York. It uncovers the complex ways these cities—both real and imagined—interact, transform, and influence each other through cultural, political, and historical narratives. The research employs Rushdie's novels as a framework to analyze urban development, cultural contexts, and global influences, such as earthquakes, translations, and artistic inspirations, which reshape cities and their inhabitants on the contemporary urban map.

(Ed.). (2012). Salman Rushdie’s Cities : Reconfigurational Politics and the Contemporary Urban Imagination. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472542755