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Rethinking identities in contemporary Pakistani fiction : beyond 9/11

Title: Rethinking identities in contemporary Pakistani fiction : beyond 9/11 / Aroosa Kanwal, International Islamic University, Pakistan.
Author: Kanwal, Aroosa, 1974-
Publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Description

ix, 223 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Definitions of home and identity have changed for Muslims as a result of international 'war on terror' rhetoric. This book uniquely links the post-9/11 stereotyping of Muslims and Islam in the West to the roots of current jihadism, the resurgence of different forms of Islam and ethnocentrism within the subcontinent and beyond, and to US realpolitik in order to foreground the effects of terrorism debates on Pakistanis at home and in the diaspora. Through close readings of fiction by Nadeem Aslam, Kamila Shamsie, Uzma Aslam Khan, Mohsin Hamid, Mohammed Hanif, H.M. Naqvi, Ali Sethi, Maha Khan Phillips and Feryal Gauhar, who confront negative attitudes towards Muslims and Islam in the twenty-first century, this book not only challenges the centrality of Western narratives but also foregrounds Anglo-American foreign policy in the Muslim world as a form of terrorism. The author proposes an articulation of a flexible identity among Muslims that is termed a 'global ummah' after 9/11"--

Subjects

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. How the World Changed: Narratives of Nationhood and Displaced Muslim Identities -- 2. Responding to 9/11: Contextualising the Subcontinent and Beyond -- 3. Reimagining Home Spaces: Pre- and Post-9/11 Constructions of Home and Pakistani Muslim Identity -- 4. Global Ummah: Negotiating Transnational Muslim Identities -- Coda: Re-imagining Pakistan.

Call Number

JFD 15-2038

ISBN

9781137478436
1137478438

LCCN

2014049669
40024773902

OCLC

893451575

Author

Kanwal, Aroosa, 1974- author.

Title

Rethinking identities in contemporary Pakistani fiction : beyond 9/11 / Aroosa Kanwal, International Islamic University, Pakistan.

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Standard Identifier

40024773902

Research Call Number

JFD 15-2038

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