CONSTRUCTING “NON-IDENTITY” AND “GLOCALIZATION” IN THE POST-9/11 WORLD IN SALMAN RUSHDIE’S SHALIMAR THE CLOWN ABDELAZIZ EL AMRANI* Abstract. The present paper attempts to address the issue of “nonidentity” and “glocalization” in the post-9/11 context in Salman Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown. In other words‚ we are going to investigate the representation of and the relationship between the distant and the close‚ the local and the global‚ and the foreign and the exotic in the post-9/11 world‚ through
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Manohla Dargis wrote a review on the film The Grey Zone in the Los Angeles Times. She is one of the chief film critics for The New York Times and formerly a film writer at The Village Voice‚ the film critic for the Los Angeles Times‚ and the editor of the film section at LA Weekly. She has written for a variety of publications‚ including Film Comment and Sight and Sound. In her review‚ Manohla compares The Grey Zone to Schindler’s List saying: “Steven Spielberg’s decision to show water rather than
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Continuing on the theme of dream-like experiences‚ Requiem for a Dream describes the majestic sensation the group of friends feel while high on drugs: “They luxuriated in a feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction‚ a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world and them and that the world was not only their oyster it was also their linguine with clam sauce. Not only were all things possible‚ but all things were theirs.” By examining how the characters describe their feelings
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The focus here will be the 1992 Los Angeles riot that occurred shortly after the verdict of innocent was announced for the killing of Rodney King. This allowed four police officers who were involved to walk free in Los Angeles of 1992 causing an uproar in communities and neighborhoods across the city. I will analyze the 77th division police officers who responded in large numbers to a call in South Central neighborhood where they heard that another officer got shot. This was one hour after the King
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FRANCE Question 1: For my personal education project I am going to research and plan a trip to France‚ as I have always wanted to see the Eiffel tower. I have decided I am going to visit France on the 9th July until the 17th‚ which gives me 7-8 days to explore France. Question 2: a) A map of France: URL: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=a+map+of+france&espv=210&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=sqBtUvjcNYbmrAeEq4DoBw&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1517&bih=714&dpr=1#facrc=_&i
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Grade 11 Life Orientation Assessment Task1: Participating in Democracy Grade 11 B Yanni Liang Topic: Wild animals deserves forest rather than cage Part 1: We‚ the undersigned‚ call on the District Forest Office to: 1) Stop caging the wild animals for the development of picnic spot. 2) Investigate the activities which are against wildlife welfare act-2029 in the country and develop welfare standards. In recent times‚ there are many illegal businesses who have been caging natural
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Environmental Pollution Theresa Carter SCI/256 September 15‚ 2014 John Jacobs Environmental Pollution Los Angeles‚ California have been experiencing a growing population within our city. The growing population in this city has caused an increased pressure on the infrastructure and natural resources that are beginning to affect our environment. The expansion of the city has cut deeper into the rural areas that are causing problems to the environment‚ such as a loss in our wetlands‚ water
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party and parade. Do you know what else is celebrated on Tuesday along with Halloween… Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Dia de los Muertos is a time of celebration and remembrance of loved ones who have passed away. It starts on Tuesday October 31st and ends Thursday November 2nd. It is celebrated throughout Mexico. I hear a new Disney movie is coming out called Coco that will show tell us about Dia de los Muertos. I’m excited to see it! How was your first week of learning about pumpkins? I
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In “Los Angeles Notebook”‚ Joan Didion depicts a wind named Santa Ana as an alarming and unnatural figure that disturbs the daily life of the people in Los Angeles. Didion implies the fear and disorder caused by Santa Ana through illustrative words that enhance the imagery of chaos. One imagery evokes an image of fire by only using the words “smoke” and “sirens”. Although these words by itself do not produce any significant meaning‚ when placed in a sentence like “we will see smoke back in the canyons
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Final draft The significant air pollution problem in the Los Angeles Basin has been one of the most severe environmental issues that concerned the society. Due to the American tradition‚ public transportations are not so commonly used; therefore‚ a majority of the individuals owned a car. The most commonly used transportation is the convenient motor vehicles that are driven everywhere. With the high volume of traffic daily‚ the tremendous amount of air pollution that is produced by highly-polluted
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