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The City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels
2021. urn:nbn:hr:162:083218
Rumora, Melisa
University of Zadar
Department of English

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Rumora, M. (2021). The City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels (Master's thesis). Zadar: University of Zadar. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:083218

Rumora, Melisa. "The City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels." Master's thesis, University of Zadar, 2021. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:083218

Rumora, Melisa. "The City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels." Master's thesis, University of Zadar, 2021. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:083218

Rumora, M. (2021). 'The City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels', Master's thesis, University of Zadar, accessed 17 March 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:083218

Rumora M. The City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels [Master's thesis]. Zadar: University of Zadar; 2021 [cited 2025 March 17] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:083218

M. Rumora, "The City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels", Master's thesis, University of Zadar, Zadar, 2021. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:083218

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TitleThe City and Multicultural Identity in Zadie Smith’s Novels
Title (croatian)Grad i multikulturalni identitet u romanima Zadie Smith
AuthorMelisa Rumora
MentorVesna Ukić Košta (mentor)
Committee memberMarko Lukić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberRajko Petković (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberVesna Ukić Košta (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zadar
(Department of English)
Zadar
Defense date and country2021-10-14, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
This diploma paper demonstrates how issues of mixed race/non-British identity, racism, class, and multiculturalism are linked to contemporary urban setting in Zadie Smith’s novels White Teeth (2000), On Beauty (2005), NW (2012), and Swing Time (2016). In the light of Edward Said’s Orientalism, the paper attempts to show how Smith’s novels largely portray non- British / mixed-race / multicultural identity as the ‘Other’. Focusing on immigrant and/or biracial protagonists mainly from working class backgrounds, my analysis suggests that Smith’s protagonists are constantly marginalised, looked down upon, and never really accepted as part of British society. The paper also shows how Smith’s female characters often depend on men and are constantly exposed to white beauty standards which they desperately try to achieve in order to fit in the still predominantly white British society.
Abstract (croatian)
Ovaj diplomski rad pokazuje kako su problemi miješane rase/ne-britanskog identiteta, rasizma, klase i multikulturalizma povezana sa suvremenim urbanim okruženjem u romanima Bijeli zubi (2000), O ljepoti (2005), London NW (2012) i Vrijeme swinga (2016) Zadie Smith. Na temelju Edwarda Saida i njegovog djela ‘Orijentalizam’, rad pokušava pokazati kako romani Zadie Smith u velikoj mjeri prikazuju ne-britanski / miješani / multi-kulturalni identitet kao ‘Drugi’. Usredotočujući se na imigrante ili na protagoniste miješane rase, uglavnom iz radničke klase, moja analiza sugerira da su protagonist Zadie Smith stalno marginalizirani, gledani s visoka i nikada doista prihvaćeni kao dio britanskog društva. Rad također pokazuje kako ženski likovi Zadie Smith često ovise o muškarcima, te kako su stalno izloženi bjelačkim standardima ljepote koje očajnički pokušavaju postići kako bi se uklopili u još uvijek pretežno bijelo britansko društvo.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:162:083218
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teaching, Research
Course: Teaching
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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