| Writing British Muslims: Religion, Class and Multiculturalism Contributor(s): Ahmed, Rehana (Author) |
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ISBN: 1526116774 ISBN-13: 9781526116772 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Religion | Islam - General - Social Science | Islamic Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Rushdie affair, September 11 2001 and 7/7 pushed British Muslims into the forefront of increasingly fraught debate about multiculturalism. Stereotyping images have proliferated, reducing a heterogeneous minority group to a series of media soundbites. This book examines contemporary literary representations of Muslims by British writers of South Asian Muslim descent including Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nadeem Aslam - to explore the contribution they make to urgent questions about multicultural politics and the place of Muslims within Britain. By focusing on class, and its intersection with faith, 'race' and gender in identity- and community-formation, it challenges the dichotomy of secular freedom versus religious oppression that constrains thinking about British Muslims, and offers a more nuanced perspective on multicultural debates and controversies. |