O'Gorman, D. orcid.org/0009-0004-0431-7408 (2023) Rushdie, Sound, and the Auditory Imagination. In: Stadtler, F., (ed.) Salman Rushdie in Context. Literature in Context . Cambridge University Press , 118 -130. ISBN: 9781009082624
Abstract
This chapter investigates a little considered aspect of Rushdie’s work in the context of soundscapes and the auditory imagination. While ekphrasis and the way in which Rushdie works with images has been widely explored, his novels are fully realized through sound, whether it is trains, filmic soundtracks, songs, or the sounds of street life in cities such as Bombay, London, and New York. The chapter focuses particularly on music across Rushdie’s fictional oeuvre, paying closest attention to The Satanic Verses and The Ground Beneath Hear Feet. It argues that a change is perceptible in the way that music is figured across these two novels, which in turn reflects a wider shift in the author’s politics, especially with relation to Islam.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This item is protected by copyright. This material has been published in Salman Rushdie in Context edited by Florian Stadtler, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009082624. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use. |
Keywords: | Salman Rushdie, sound, music, The Satanic Verses, media discourse, cultural exchange, globalization |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2025 10:13 |
Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2025 16:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Series Name: | Literature in Context |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/9781009082624.012 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:229967 |