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Description

1. ix, 223 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Definitions of home and identity have changed for Muslims as a result of international 'war on terror' rhetoric. This book uniquely links the post-9/11 stereotyping of Muslims and Islam in the West to the roots of current jihadism, the resurgence of different forms of Islam and ethnocentrism within the subcontinent and beyond, and to US realpolitik in order to foreground the effects of terrorism debates on Pakistanis at home and in the diaspora. Through close readings of fiction by Nadeem Aslam, Kamila Shamsie, Uzma Aslam Khan, Mohsin Hamid, Mohammed Hanif, H.M. Naqvi, Ali Sethi, Maha Khan Phillips and Feryal Gauhar, who confront negative attitudes towards Muslims and Islam in the twenty-first century, this book not only challenges the centrality of Western narratives but also foregrounds Anglo-American foreign policy in the Muslim world as a form of terrorism. The author proposes an articulation of a flexible identity among Muslims that is termed a 'global ummah' after 9/11"--

Subject

1. Group identity
2. Muslims > Pakistan > Ethnic identity
3. Terrorism in literature
4. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, in literature
5. LITERARY CRITICISM / General
6. Muslims > Ethnic identity
7. LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic
8. RELIGION / Islam / General
9. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
10. Identität
11. Pakistan
12. Criticism, interpretation, etc
13. Pakistani fiction (English) > History and criticism
14. Islam and literature > Pakistan
15. Englisch
16. Literatur
17. Group identity > Pakistan
18. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
19. Elfter September
20. War on Terrorism (2001-2009) in literature

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. 1. How the World Changed: Narratives of Nationhood and Displaced Muslim Identities -- 2. Responding to 9/11: Contextualising the Subcontinent and Beyond -- 3. Reimagining Home Spaces: Pre- and Post-9/11 Constructions of Home and Pakistani Muslim Identity -- 4. Global Ummah: Negotiating Transnational Muslim Identities -- Coda: Re-imagining Pakistan.

Call number

1. JFD 15-2038

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Kanwal, Aroosa, 1974- author.

Title

1. Rethinking identities in contemporary Pakistani fiction : beyond 9/11 / Aroosa Kanwal, International Islamic University, Pakistan.

Publisher

1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. Cover image

LCCN

1. 2014049669

Other standard identifier

1. 40024773902

ISBN

1. 9781137478436 hardcover
2. 1137478438 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFD 15-2038