Identity Politics in a Transnational Context

Multi-ethnic cultural studies have undergone a recent shift from multiculturalism to transnationalism as a result of heightened interconnectivity between people. Therefore the conception that the question of belonging shapes a person’s identity raise...

Multi-ethnic cultural studies have undergone a recent shift from multiculturalism to transnationalism as a result of heightened interconnectivity between people. Therefore the conception that the question of belonging shapes a person’s identity raises issues about definitions of selfhood, definitions that address both internal and external notions of belonging. What is of particular interest here are the incongruencies between internal and external notions of self. Our panel invites papers on contemporary British authors such as Monica Ali, Zadie Smith, Mohsim Hamid, Hanan Al-Shayky, Caryl Philips and Hari Kunzru, to name a few, with specific attention to the writer’s treatment of internal and external notions of belonging, definitions of self and of identity politics in a transnational context.

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