Naslov
The City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels

Autori
Rumora, Melisa

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Odjel za anglistiku

Mjesto
Zadar

Datum
14.10

Godina
2021

Stranica
44

Mentor
Ukić Košta, Vesna

Ključne riječi
multiculturalism, racism, mixed race, ‘Other’, urban, white beauty standards

Sažetak
This diploma paper demonstrates how issues of mixed race/non-British identity, racism, class, and multiculturalism are linked to contemporary urban setting in Zadie Smith’s novels 'White Teeth' (2000), 'On Beauty' (2005), 'NW' (2012), and 'Swing Time' (2016). In the light of Edward Said’s 'Orientalism', the paper attempts to show how Smith’s novels largely portray non-British / mixed race / multicultural identity as the ‘Other’. Focusing on immigrant and/or biracial protagonists mainly from working class backgrounds, my analysis suggests that Smith’s protagonists are constantly marginalised, looked down upon, and never really accepted as part of British society. The paper also shows how Smith’s female characters often depend on men and are constantly exposed to white beauty standards which they desperately try to achieve in order to fit in the still predominantly white British society.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Povijest, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti, Književnost, Rodni studiji

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