ACKNOWLEDGMENTS                                           ix
    INTRODUCTION                                              xi


Part One
1. Black British Literature, Post-colonial Studies,
    and the Bildungsroman                                      3
2. Performative Functions of the Black British Novel of
    Transformation                                            36


Part Two
3. Crossing a Notion-The (Im)possibility of Returning         57
4. Of Aunties and Elephants-Kureishi's Aesthetics
    of Postethnicity                                         108
5. Amorphous Connections-Post-colonial Intertextuality       143

    CONCLUSION                                               170
    NOTES ON WRITERS                                         185
    FURTHER READING                                          199
    NOTES                                                    201
    BIBLIOGRAPHY                                             217
    INDEX                                                    237