Spivak, Salman Rushdie, and Postcolonialism

I have been interested in the theory of postcolonialism for a while, yet I don't think I really was fully aware of this, considering I am a novice concerning the whole literary theory realm. A favorite writer of mine and a person that has perpetually interested me is Salman Rushdie. Having been born in Pakistan and having been educated in England, he represents a sort of hybridization of different cultures. He views himself as a sort of uprooted person of various intermingling cultures that celebrates his impurity and various transformations. His intensely involved and highly controversial novel, The Satanic Verses definitely reflects his celebration of intermingling and the transformation that comes of new and unexpected combinations of human beings, cultures, ideas, politics, etc. It also fears what the Postcolonial critic, (such as Spivak for example would have something to say about), which is the sense of 'absolutism' and purity concerning race that postcolonial critics are seeking to dismantle concerning the Western canon of literature. Rushdie also has many interesting thoughts one being that "newness" only enters the world through intermingling, and that the "hotchpotch" of society must be embraced. The postcolonial critic would definitely argue vociferously that those who oppose the inclusion of literary works of other cultures as part of the human condition are contributing to the loss and weakening of their own cultures. I agree with Rushdie that we all have emigrated, and that there is no absolute universal origin that can be imposed upon literature. The idea that change is caused by fusion and conjoining is so fascinating to me as well as the 'cultural polyvalency' that postcolonial critics attempt to develop and examine...