ISBN:
9781137554376
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 186 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
823/.9209382970954
Keywords:
Pakistani fiction (English) History and criticism
;
English fiction Muslim authors
;
History and criticism
;
American fiction Muslim authors
;
History and criticism
;
Muslim authors Political and social views
;
Islam in literature
;
Muslims in literature
;
Islam and literature
;
Südasien
;
Englisch
;
Literatur
;
Islam
;
Religiöse Identität
Abstract:
"This book explores whether the post-9/11 novels of Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam and Shamsie can be read as part of an attempt to revise modern 'knowledge' of the Islamic world, using globally-distributed English-language literature to reframe Muslims' potential to connect with others. Focusing on novels including Shalimar the Clown, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, The Wasted Vigil, and Burnt Shadows, the author combines aesthetic, historical, political and spiritual considerations with analyses of the popular discourses and critical discussions surrounding the novels; and scrutinises how the writers have been appropriated as authentic spokespeople by dominant political and cultural forces. Finally, she explores how, as writers of Indian and Pakistani origin, Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam and Shamsie negotiate their identities, and the tensions of being seen to act as Muslim representatives, in relation to the complex international and geopolitical context in which they write"--
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note: Writing Islam from a Contemporary South Asian Perspective -- Enchanted Realms, Sceptical Perspectives: Salman Rushdie after 9/11 -- 'A Devilishly Difficult Ball': Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist -- Re-culturing Islam: Nadeem Aslam's Mausoleum Fiction -- Stranger Intimacies: The Novels of Kamila Shamsie -- Writing Contemporary Islam: An Ambiguous Project
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Writing Islam from a Contemporary South Asian Perspective Enchanted Realms, Sceptical Perspectives: Salman Rushdie after 9/11 -- 'A Devilishly Difficult Ball': Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist -- Re-culturing Islam: Nadeem Aslam's Mausoleum Fiction -- Stranger Intimacies: The Novels of Kamila Shamsie -- Writing Contemporary Islam: An Ambiguous Project.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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