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Subject(s)

• English literature—History and criticism [Browse]
• Islam and literature—History—21st century [Browse]
• Muslims in literature [Browse]
• Muslims—Ethnic identity [Browse]
• Islam and literature—History—20th century [Browse]

Summary note

The relationship between Islam and the West is one of the most urgent and hotly debated issues of our time. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the way in which Muslims are represented within modern English writing, ranging from the novel, through memoir and travel writing to journalism. Covering a wide range of texts and authors, it scrutinises the identity 'Muslim' by looking at its inscription in recent and contemporary literary writing within the context of significant events like the Rushdie Affair and 9/11. Examining the wide range of writing internationally that takes Islam or Islamic cultures as its focus, the author discusses the representation of Muslim identity in writing by non-Muslim writers, former Muslim 'native informants', and practising Muslims

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages [128]-136) and index

Language note

English

Contents

• Literature and the kulturkampf against Islam
• British migrant Muslim fiction
• Fixing Muslim masculinity, saving Muslim women
• Discoursing Muslim modernities and eschatologies
• Fixing the 'Islamic' terrorist
• Introduction \1.Literature and the Kulturkampf against
• Islam\ 2. British Migrant Muslim Fiction
• 3. Fixing Muslim Masculinity
• Saving
• Muslim Women
• 4. Writing Muslim Modernities and Eschatologies\ 5. Identifying
• the 'Islamic' Terrorist 6. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index

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ISBN

• 1-4725-4290-8
• 1-280-12372-9
• 9786613527585
• 1-4411-1729-6

OCLC

• 778458824
• 893335941

Doi

• 10.5040/9781472542908

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