The Resource Culture, diaspora, and modernity in Muslim writing, edited by Rehana Ahmed, Peter Morey, and Amina Yaqin
Culture, diaspora, and modernity in Muslim writing, edited by Rehana Ahmed, Peter Morey, and Amina Yaqin
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- Summary
- Fiction by writers of Muslim background forms one of the most diverse, vibrant and high-profile corpora of work being produced today - from the trail-blazing writing of Salman Rushdie and Hanif Kureishi, which challenged political and racial orthodoxies in the 1980s, to that of a new generation including Mohsin Hamid, Nadeem Aslam and Kamila Shamsie. This collection reflects the variety of those fictions. Experts in English, South Asian, and postcolonial literatures address the nature of Muslim identity: its response to political realignments since the 1980s, its tensions between religious and secular models of citizenship, and its manifestation of these tensions as conflict between generations. In considering the perceptions of Muslims, contributors also explore the roles of immigration, class, gender, and national identity, as well as the impact of 9/11. This volume includes essays on contemporary fiction by writers of Muslim origin and non-Muslims writing about Muslims. It aims to push beyond the habitual populist 'framing' of Muslims as strangers or interlopers whose ways and beliefs are at odds with those of modernity, exposing the hide-bound, conservative assumptions that underpin such perspectives. While returning to themes that are of particular significance to diasporic Muslim cultures, such as secularism, modernity, multiculturalism and citizenship, the essays reveal that 'Muslim writing' grapples with the same big questions as serve to exercise all writers and intellectuals at the present time: How does one reconcile the impulses of the individual with the requirements of community? How can one 'belong' in the modern world? What is the role of art in making sense of chaotic contemporary experience?
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages)
- Contents
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- Writing Muslims and the global state of exception / Stephen Morton
- Writing the self. Bad faith : the construction of Muslim extremism in Ed Husain's The Islamist / Anshuman A. Mondal
- Reason to believe? two "British Muslim" memoirs / Rehana Ahmed
- Voyages out and in : two (British) Arab Muslim women's bildungsromane / Lindsey Moore
- Migrant Islam. Infinite hijra : migrant Islam, Muslim American literature, and the anti-mimesis of The Taqwacores / Salah D. Hassan
- Muslims as multicultural misfits in Nadeem Aslam's Maps for lost lovers / Amina Yaqin
- "Sexy identity-assertion" : choosing between sacred and secular identities in Robin Yassin-Kassab's The road from Damascus / Claire Chambers
- (Mis)reading Muslims. Writing Islam in post-9/11 America : John Updike's Terrorist / Anna Hartnell
- Invading ideologies and the politics of terror : framing Afghanistan in The kite runner / Kristy Butler
- Representation and realism : Monica Ali's Brick Lane / Sara Upstone
- Culture, politics, and religion.
- From "the politics of recognition" to "the policing of recognition" : writing Islam in Hanif Kureishi and Mohsin Hamid / Bart Moore-Gilbert
- Resistance and religion in the work of Kamila Shamsie / Ruvani Ranasinha
- Mourning becomes Kashmira : Islam, melancholia, and the evacuation of politics in Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the clown / Peter Morey
- Isbn
- 9780203129623
- Label
- Culture, diaspora, and modernity in Muslim writing
- Title
- Culture, diaspora, and modernity in Muslim writing
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Rehana Ahmed, Peter Morey, and Amina Yaqin
- Subject
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- Muslims in literature
- American fiction -- Muslim authors | History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- English fiction -- Muslim authors | History and criticism
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Islam and culture
- Islam and culture
- Islam and literature
- Islam and literature
- Islam in literature
- Islam in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Muslim authors -- Political and social views
- Muslim diaspora
- Muslim diaspora
- Muslims in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fiction by writers of Muslim background forms one of the most diverse, vibrant and high-profile corpora of work being produced today - from the trail-blazing writing of Salman Rushdie and Hanif Kureishi, which challenged political and racial orthodoxies in the 1980s, to that of a new generation including Mohsin Hamid, Nadeem Aslam and Kamila Shamsie. This collection reflects the variety of those fictions. Experts in English, South Asian, and postcolonial literatures address the nature of Muslim identity: its response to political realignments since the 1980s, its tensions between religious and secular models of citizenship, and its manifestation of these tensions as conflict between generations. In considering the perceptions of Muslims, contributors also explore the roles of immigration, class, gender, and national identity, as well as the impact of 9/11. This volume includes essays on contemporary fiction by writers of Muslim origin and non-Muslims writing about Muslims. It aims to push beyond the habitual populist 'framing' of Muslims as strangers or interlopers whose ways and beliefs are at odds with those of modernity, exposing the hide-bound, conservative assumptions that underpin such perspectives. While returning to themes that are of particular significance to diasporic Muslim cultures, such as secularism, modernity, multiculturalism and citizenship, the essays reveal that 'Muslim writing' grapples with the same big questions as serve to exercise all writers and intellectuals at the present time: How does one reconcile the impulses of the individual with the requirements of community? How can one 'belong' in the modern world? What is the role of art in making sense of chaotic contemporary experience?
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 823/.9209921297
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR120.M87
- LC item number
- C85 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Ahmed, Rehana
- Morey, Peter
- Yaqin, Amina
- Series statement
- Routledge research in postcolonial literatures
- Series volume
- 38
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English fiction
- American fiction
- Islam in literature
- Muslims in literature
- Muslim authors
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Islam and culture
- Muslim diaspora
- Islam and literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Islam and culture
- Islam and literature
- Islam in literature
- Muslim diaspora
- Muslims in literature
- Label
- Culture, diaspora, and modernity in Muslim writing, edited by Rehana Ahmed, Peter Morey, and Amina Yaqin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Writing Muslims and the global state of exception / Stephen Morton -- Writing the self. Bad faith : the construction of Muslim extremism in Ed Husain's The Islamist / Anshuman A. Mondal -- Reason to believe? two "British Muslim" memoirs / Rehana Ahmed -- Voyages out and in : two (British) Arab Muslim women's bildungsromane / Lindsey Moore -- Migrant Islam. Infinite hijra : migrant Islam, Muslim American literature, and the anti-mimesis of The Taqwacores / Salah D. Hassan -- Muslims as multicultural misfits in Nadeem Aslam's Maps for lost lovers / Amina Yaqin -- "Sexy identity-assertion" : choosing between sacred and secular identities in Robin Yassin-Kassab's The road from Damascus / Claire Chambers -- (Mis)reading Muslims. Writing Islam in post-9/11 America : John Updike's Terrorist / Anna Hartnell -- Invading ideologies and the politics of terror : framing Afghanistan in The kite runner / Kristy Butler -- Representation and realism : Monica Ali's Brick Lane / Sara Upstone -- Culture, politics, and religion. -- From "the politics of recognition" to "the policing of recognition" : writing Islam in Hanif Kureishi and Mohsin Hamid / Bart Moore-Gilbert -- Resistance and religion in the work of Kamila Shamsie / Ruvani Ranasinha -- Mourning becomes Kashmira : Islam, melancholia, and the evacuation of politics in Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the clown / Peter Morey
- Control code
- 810087449
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780203129623
- Level of compression
- unknown
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)810087449
- Label
- Culture, diaspora, and modernity in Muslim writing, edited by Rehana Ahmed, Peter Morey, and Amina Yaqin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Writing Muslims and the global state of exception / Stephen Morton -- Writing the self. Bad faith : the construction of Muslim extremism in Ed Husain's The Islamist / Anshuman A. Mondal -- Reason to believe? two "British Muslim" memoirs / Rehana Ahmed -- Voyages out and in : two (British) Arab Muslim women's bildungsromane / Lindsey Moore -- Migrant Islam. Infinite hijra : migrant Islam, Muslim American literature, and the anti-mimesis of The Taqwacores / Salah D. Hassan -- Muslims as multicultural misfits in Nadeem Aslam's Maps for lost lovers / Amina Yaqin -- "Sexy identity-assertion" : choosing between sacred and secular identities in Robin Yassin-Kassab's The road from Damascus / Claire Chambers -- (Mis)reading Muslims. Writing Islam in post-9/11 America : John Updike's Terrorist / Anna Hartnell -- Invading ideologies and the politics of terror : framing Afghanistan in The kite runner / Kristy Butler -- Representation and realism : Monica Ali's Brick Lane / Sara Upstone -- Culture, politics, and religion. -- From "the politics of recognition" to "the policing of recognition" : writing Islam in Hanif Kureishi and Mohsin Hamid / Bart Moore-Gilbert -- Resistance and religion in the work of Kamila Shamsie / Ruvani Ranasinha -- Mourning becomes Kashmira : Islam, melancholia, and the evacuation of politics in Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the clown / Peter Morey
- Control code
- 810087449
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780203129623
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)810087449
Subject
- Muslims in literature
- American fiction -- Muslim authors | History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- English fiction -- Muslim authors | History and criticism
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Islam and culture
- Islam and culture
- Islam and literature
- Islam and literature
- Islam in literature
- Islam in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Muslim authors -- Political and social views
- Muslim diaspora
- Muslim diaspora
- Muslims in literature
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