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Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim perspective : Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam, Shamsie
- Title
- Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim perspective : Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam, Shamsie / Madeline Clements.
- Author
- Clements, Madeline, 1980-
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- x, 196 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Writing Islam from a contemporary South Asian Muslim 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-584
- ISBN
- 9781137554376 (hardback)
- 1137554371 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2015019846
- OCLC
- 911004681
- Author
- Clements, Madeline, 1980-
- Title
- Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim perspective : Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam, Shamsie / Madeline Clements.
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-584