homesickness, 115

housewife[see also wife], 9

Hulme, Peter, 109, 119

hybrid, 9, 10, 13, 28, 33–35, 45, 50, 115, 131–133

hybridity, 33, 35, 92, 110, 149, 152, 153

intrinsic, 33

hyphenated, 9, 10, 14, 75, 76, 133

Ideal-I, 53

Ideology, 26, 125, 143, 150, 153

identity, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, 18, 19, 22, 24, 29, 30, 34–37, 40, 43, 45, 51–53, 55, 61, 63, , 66, 68, 70–77, 83, 85, 86, 92, 94, 95, 97–99, 101–103, 107, 112, 115, 121, 133, 136, 138, 144

imaginary, 3, 16, 17, 24, 31, 33, 34, 41, 53, 57, 58, 62, 63, 67, 79–81, 85, 87, 99, 100, 102–107, 111, 113, 114, 118, 130, 137, 149–151

Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticisms 1981–1991,, 63

“Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism,”, 16, 35, 45

immigrant, 4, 5, 9, 18, 32, 48, 55, 68, 84, 89, 109, 145, 147

discontent, 48

discourse, 89

experience, 32

female, 4

figure, 4

illegal, 147

immigration, 5, 46

imperialism, 33, 36, 72, 77, 109, 117, 144, 153

imperialistic, 109

trap, 109

“In Good Faith” (part of Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticisms 1981–1991),, 51, 145

In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures,, 36, 64, 152

indeterminacy, 87

(of) reading, 87

India, 2, 5, 7, 9, 14, 17, 28, 31, 38, 39, 43, 44, 52, 53, 56, 66–68, 78–81, 84, 89, 93, 116, 137, 139, 142, 145, 147

17^th century,, 17

notion (of), 53

rural, 14

Indian, 2–7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 20, 22, 24, 28, 31, 40, 41, 43, 50, 52, 55, 58, 67–70, 72, 73, 79–81, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 96, 106, 110, 119, 123, 130, 131, 134, 137, 144, 147

Indianess, 45, 50

An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism investigation,, 4, 28

ontological, 28

Iowa, 67

irony, 114

Isabella, 95, 96, 99–103, 106,, 123

Islam, 3, 17, 32, 48, 50, 51, 84

Islamic, 3, 32, 50

culture, 3

religion, 50, 51

Islamist, 17, 48

extremism, 17

Jahilia, 15, 17, 48, 124

James Joyce: The Augmented Ninth,, 35