Rushdie Annotated: Definitive explanations of all obscure references in the Salman Rushdie corpus and extended critical commentaries on the author

在澳大利亚，文学艺术作品现在关注的是多元文化的问题，这篇关于拉什迪的参考文章将显示语言的创造性使用在文化认同的形成中是多么重要。作为自由主义价值观的重要代言人，拉什迪和他的作品受到那些对澳大利亚民族国家定义有直接影响的公共价值观的影响。澳大利亚正在进行的关于全球化世界中的公民身份、文学艺术作品的相对自主性、文化与宗教之间的联系的辩论，在拉什迪的作品中得到了有价值的表达。

In an Australia where the literary work of art now attends to issues which are multicultural, this reference text on Rushdie would show how crucial the creative use of language is in the formation of cultural identity. As a key spokesperson for liberal values, Rushdie and his works are informed by those communal values which have a direct bearing on definitions of the Australian nation state. Ongoing debates in Australia about citizenship in a globalized world, about the relative autonomy of the literary work of art, about the links between culture and religion find valuable expression in Rushdie's works.