Abstract
This article offers an exploration of the concept of cosmopolitanism in Salman Rushdie's novel, Fury. Through both Rushdie's and his protagonist's cosmopolitanism, the ambivalence of the position is revealed in particular through the latter's (un)easy access to global commodities and problematic exploitation of women. The economic and gender exploitations oddly converge in Solanka's latest creative project, the success of which glosses over the problematics of class and gender privilege. Ultimately, the protagonist’s cosmopolitanism truly impedes any critique cosmopolitanism might afford: he is readily swept up in the rising tide of the 90s financial boom and the frequently misogynist sexuality of American pop culture that passes as cosmopolitan culture.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13023/disclosure.25.05
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Recommended Citation
Nitsch, Mary J.
(2016)
"At Home in the Free-Market World: The Neoliberal Cosmopolitan Man in Salman Rushdie's Fury,"
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory: Vol. 25, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13023/disclosure.25.05
Available at:
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/disclosure/vol25/iss1/6
