Zadie Smith White Teeth

Hadjetian, Sylvia: Zadie Smith - White Teeth and Multiculturalism, GRIN VERLAG, Oktober 2007, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 3638802256
Scholarly Paper (Advanced Seminar) aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,3, Veranstaltung: Contemporary London in Literature, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: Content1. Introduction2. White culturea) Archie Jonesb) The Chalfen Family3. Black culturea) Clara Bowden-Jonesb) Hortense Bowdenc) Irie Bowden-Jones4. Islamic culturea) Samad Miah Iqbalb) Alsana Begumc) Neenad) Magid and Millat Iqbal5. The relation between the three different culturesa) White-Black cultureb) White-Muslim culturec) Black-Muslim culture6. Conclusion: Multiculturalism in White Teeth

NEUBUCH! 2007. 32 S. 210 mm 210 mm x 148 mm x 2 mm; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V42823

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Heckmann, Christina: Concepts of Home and Belonging in Postcolonial Literature compared in the novels "Small Island" by Andrea Levy and "Whit, GRIN VERLAG, November 2009, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 3640475933
1. Introduction1.1. Brief introduction to home and belonging as a general ideaHome has a significant function in our lives. Thinking of home we associate notions like shelter and comfort and when we come home we want to feel safe and welcome. John McLeod argues in this sense that to be 'at home' is to occupy a location where we are welcome, where we can be with people very much like ourselves. We are looking for who we are, where we come from and try to find our place in life. When one is born in a country but moves to another where is one's home country then This question is hard to answer, because migration is always a process which implies a struggle of identities. When the 2nd generation is born in the host country- where do they belong if the host country does not accept them as full members The term home is highly complicated in a complex and multicultural world like ours.1.2. Procedure and approach of my analysesI have centered my term paper on an attempt to identify and characterize the concepts of home and belonging in postcolonial literature.Comparing how the idea of home and belonging is presented in the novels White Teeth by Zadie Smith and Small Island by Andrea Levy, I have tried a text- extrinsic approach. Furthermore, I have analysed the authors' intentions with regard to the time of publication and the time of the narrative. However, the main aspect of my analyses is which concepts of home and belonging exist and which of them can be found in the novels of my comparison. I have chosen White Teeth because it is a novel that deals with the colonial past and the postcolonial present and I have selected Small Island because it is a novel that deals with migration in the past. Small Island is set at the beginning of migration when many colonized people came to England. Andrea Levy presents different views, the White and Black British point of view at the beginning of migration. My motivation to compare both novels is to go back to the beginning of colonial migration and to show the difference between the concepts from the past to the present. John McLeod, Beginning Postcolonialism (Manchester, New York: Manchester University Press, 2000) p. 210.2 Zadie Smith, White Teeth (London: Penguin Books, 2001).

NEUBUCH! 2009. 28 S. 210 mm 210 mm x 148 mm x 2 mm; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V138596

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König, Florian: The Importance of Mangal Pande (to Samad) in Zadie Smith's 'White Teeth' GRIN VERLAG, , Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 364046205X
[...]The main goal of this paper should be an in depth look at the character of the Muslim waiter Samad Iqbal and his fixation upon his antecedent Mangal Pande who allegedly started a revolutionary uprising in India in 1857 and was therefore executed by the British colonial rule. The initial analysis of the topic allowed the perception of an insufficient material concerning the scholarly treatment of Pande's function in White Teeth. Therefore, his representation through the characters perceptions and his role in the novel will be analysed. The initial point of such research refers to key elements of motifs and narrative structure Smith's; namely an issue of belonging and integration, the significance of (both personal and collective) history and one's roots. At first, the clear historical background, just as the role and significance of objective history, i.e. historic facts, would be analysed. Subsequently, I will discuss the role Mangal Pande plays in Samad's life and the significance history plays for him. Following this discussion, I will try to answer the question how other characters think and feel about Mangal Pande. In a concluding chapter, I will try to determine what the importance of this 'factual' predecessor to Samad is and discuss the importance of history, family backgrounds and cultural legacies for immigrants who are stuck in a crisis of identity in their new 'homeland.'

NEUBUCH! 2009. 28 S. 210 mm; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V137976

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Koehler, Michael: Postcolonial London The Metropolis in Zadie Smith s 'White Teeth' GRIN VERLAG; GRIN VERLAG, Juli 2009, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 3640378822

NEUBUCH! 2009. 52 S. 210 mm 214 mm x 149 mm x 12 mm; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V132015

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