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Finding Displacement through Incest in Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath her Feet and Fury

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dc.contributor.advisorTaylor, Richard C., 1956-en_US
dc.contributor.authorSinor, Katieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-15T15:29:51Z
dc.date.available2014-06-15T15:29:51Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractIncest is a widespread theme in literature that continues to grow in frequency (Barnes 3). It is rarely addressed amongst scholars due to being a taboo topic, but in this thesis I aim to address it and analyze it thoroughly in two novels. Though at times subtle, it is a reoccurring theme in Indian literature, and more specifically, in works by Salman Rushdie. I argue that Rushdie intentionally includes instances of incest in his works to illustrate displacement felt by postcolonial India. This thesis analyzes two of his texts, The Ground Beneath her Feet and Fury, and identifies the instances of this particular taboo.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent63 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4395
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectLiteratureen_US
dc.subjectMiddle Eastern literatureen_US
dc.subjectDisplacementen_US
dc.subjectIncesten_US
dc.subjectGround beneath her feet, Theen_US
dc.subjectFury (Rushdie)en_US
dc.subject.lcshRushdie, Salman. Ground beneath her feet
dc.subject.lcshRushdie, Salman. Fury
dc.subject.lcshIncest in literature
dc.subject.lcshIndic literature
dc.subject.lcshPostcolonialism--India
dc.titleFinding Displacement through Incest in Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath her Feet and Furyen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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