Research Catalog

Title

Imagining Muslims in South Asia and the diaspora : secularism, religion, representations / edited by Claire Chambers and Caroline Herbert.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Chambers, Claire, 1975-
• Herbert, Caroline

Description

xvi, 222 pages; 25 cm

Summary

• "Literary, cinematic and media representations of the disputed category of the South Asian Muslim have undergone substantial change in the last few decades and particularly since the events of September 11, 2001. Here we find the first book-length critical analysis of these representations of Muslims from South Asia and its diaspora in literature, the media, culture and cinema. Contributors contextualize these depictions against the burgeoning post-9/11 artistic interest in Islam, and also against cultural responses to earlier crises on the subcontinent such as Partition (1947), the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war and secession of Bangladesh, the 1992 Ayodhya riots, the 2002 Gujarat genocide and the Kashmir conflict. Offering a comparative approach, the book explores connections between artists' generic experimentalism and their interpretations of life as Muslims in South Asia and its diaspora, exploring literary and popular fiction, memoir, poetry, news media, and film. The collection highlights the diversity of representations of Muslims and the range of approaches to questions of Muslim religious and cultural identity, as well as secular discourse. Essays by leading scholars in the field highlight the significant role that literature, film, and other cultural products such as music can play in opening up space for complex reflections on Muslim identities and cultures, and how such imaginative cultural forms can enable us to rethink secularism and religion. Surveying a broad range of up-to-date writing and cultural production, this concise and pioneering critical analysis of representations of South Asian Muslims will be of interest to students and academics of a variety of subjects including Asian Studies, Literary Studies, Media Studies, Women's Studies, Contemporary Politics, Migration History, Film studies, and Cultural Studies"--
• "Literary, cinematic and media representations of the disputed category of the 'South Asian Muslim' have undergone substantial change in the last few decades and in particular since the events of September 11, 2001. Here we find the first book-length critical analysis of these representations of Muslims from South Asia and its diaspora in literature, the media, culture and cinema. Contributors contextualize these depictions against the burgeoning post-9/11 artistic interest in Islam, and also against cultural responses to earlier crises on the subcontinent such as the Partition, the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war and secession of Bangladesh, the 1992 Ayodhya riots, the 2002 Gujarat genocide and the Kashmir conflict. Offering a comparative approach, the book explores connections between artists' generic experimentalism and their interpretations of life as Muslims in South Asia and its diaspora, exploring literary and popular fiction, memoir, poetry, news media, and film. The collected essays highlight the significant role that literature, film, and other cultural products such as music can play in opening up space for complex reflections on Muslim identities and cultures, and how such imaginative cultural forms can enable us to rethink secularism and religion. Surveying a broad range of up-to-date writing and cultural production, this concise and pioneering critical analysis of representations of South Asian Muslims will be of interest to students and academics of a variety of subjects including Asian Studies, Literary Studies, Media Studies, Women's Studies, Contemporary Politics, Migration History, Film studies, and Cultural Studies"--

Series Statement

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 85

Uniform Title

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 85.

Subjects

• South Asian literature
• Muslims in literature
• 1900-2099
• South Asian literature > 21st century > History and criticism
• Muslims > South Asia
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• South Asian literature > 20th century > History and criticism
• South Asia

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 16-6830

ISBN

• 9780415659307
• 0415659302
• 9781315764382 (canceled/invalid)
• 1315764385 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014002912

OCLC

839397244

Title

Imagining Muslims in South Asia and the diaspora : secularism, religion, representations / edited by Claire Chambers and Caroline Herbert.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 85

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 85.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Chambers, Claire, 1975- editor.

Herbert, Caroline, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6830