This book takes a post-racial approach to the representation of
race in contemporary British fiction, re-imagining studies of race
and British literature away from concerns with specific racial
groups towards a more sophisticated analysis of the contribution of
a broad, post-racial British writing. Examining the work of writers
from a wide range of diverse racial backgrounds, the book
illustrates how contemporary British fiction, rather than merely
reflecting social norms, is making a radical contribution towards
the possible future of a positively multi-ethnic and post-racial
Britain. This is developed by a strategic use of the realist form,
which becomes a utopian device as it provides readers with a
reality beyond current circumstances, yet one which is rooted
within an identifiable world. Speaking to the specific contexts of
British cultural politics, and directly connecting with
contemporary debates surrounding race and identity in Britain, the
author engages with a wide range of both mainstream and neglected
authors, including Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, Julian Barnes, John
Lanchester, Alan Hollinghurst, Martin Amis, Jon McGregor, Andrea
Levy, Bernardine Evaristo, Hanif Kureishi, Kazuo Ishiguro, Hari
Kunzru, Nadeem Aslam, Meera Syal, Jackie Kay, Maggie Gee, and Neil
Gaiman. This cutting-edge volume explores how contemporary fiction
is at the centre of re-thinking how we engage with the question of
race in twenty-first-century Britain.
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