| Writing British Muslims: Religion, Class and Multiculturalism Contributor(s): Ahmed, Rehana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719087406 ISBN-13: 9780719087400 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.938 |
| LCCN: 2015373986 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.6" (0.95 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 DS 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. |