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Fractured Identities: Hybridity and Generational Conflict in Hanif Kureishi’s “My Son the Fanatic”

By: Alaa Alghamdi  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2025-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2067-5712 | Journal ISSN: 1583-6401
Language: English
Page range: 132 - 162
Published on: Jul 30, 2025
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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