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- Title
Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Mimetic Desire in a Geopolitical Context.
- Authors
Koppisch, Michael S.
- Abstract
The article presents a literary criticism of the book "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" by Mohsin Hamid. Topics discussed include the national and globalized structures of power, as depicted in the book by Hamid; the lead character's infatuation and disenchantment with the U.S., which highlights the elements of mimetic desire; and the geopolitical context of the book.
- Subjects
RELUCTANT Fundamentalist, The (Book); HAMID, Mohsin, 1971-; POWER (Social sciences) in literature; INFATUATION in literature; DESIRE in literature; GEOPOLITICS in literature
- Publication
Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis & Culture, 2018, Vol 25, p119
- ISSN
1075-7201
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.14321/contagion.25.2018.0119