Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim perspective : Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam, Shamsie / Madeline Clements.
2015
PR9540.4 C57 2015eb
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Title
Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim perspective : Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam, Shamsie / Madeline Clements.
Author
Clements, Madeline, 1980-
ISBN
9781137554383 (electronic book)
113755438X (electronic book)
9781137554376
1137554371
113755438X (electronic book)
9781137554376
1137554371
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Language
English
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PR9540.4 C57 2015eb
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823/.9209382970954
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Writing Islam from a Contemporary South Asian Muslim Perspective; 2 Enchanted Realms, Sceptical Perspectives
Salman Rushdie after 9/11; 3 'A Devilishly Difficult Ball'
Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist; 4 Re-culturing Islam
Nadeem Aslam's Mausoleum Fiction; 5 Stranger Intimacies
The Novels of Kamila Shamsie; 6 Writing Contemporary Islam
An Ambiguous Project; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Salman Rushdie after 9/11; 3 'A Devilishly Difficult Ball'
Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist; 4 Re-culturing Islam
Nadeem Aslam's Mausoleum Fiction; 5 Stranger Intimacies
The Novels of Kamila Shamsie; 6 Writing Contemporary Islam
An Ambiguous Project; Notes; Bibliography; Index