Download or read book Critical Identities in Contemporary Anglophone Diasporic Literature written by Françoise Kral and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The figure of the migrant has been celebrated by some as an icon of postmodernity, an emblematic figure in a world increasingly characterized by transnationalism, globalization and mass migrations. Král takes issue with this view of the migrant experience through in-depth analyses of writers including Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith and Monica Ali.