Hanif Kureishi

This comprehensive critical study of Hanif Kureishi details the writer's career to date. Kureishi has explored a number of key social and cultural issues of recent years, including the legacies of colonialism, the paradoxes of multi-culturalism, changing conceptions of class, gender and sexuality, globalization, and relations between popular culture and the canon. Bart Moore-Gilbert's authoritative text places Kureishi's writing in its historical, social, cultural, and critical contexts, and provides detailed readings of his major works.

Bart Moore-Gilbert is Reader in Postcolonial Studies and English at Goldsmiths' College, University of London.

Contexts and Intercontexts * The Plays * The Films * The Novels * Recent Work * Critical Overview and Conclusion