Migrancy, the Cosmopolitan Intellectual, and the Global City in The Satanic Verses (original) (raw)

The paper explores the theme of postcolonial migrancy as depicted in Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses." By examining the mutable experiences of migrants, the work discusses how Rushdie articulates the complexities of the migrant condition in relation to identity and displacement in a global city context. It presents a nuanced discussion of the tensions between mobility and the yearning for stability, using the protagonist's journey to illustrate broader societal dynamics within contemporary postcolonial discourse.