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Rethinking Identities in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction: Beyond 9/11
A. Kanwal
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Hardback.
This book focuses on the way that notions of home and identity have changed for Muslims as a result of international 'war on terror' rhetoric. It uniquely links the post-9/11 stereotyping of Muslims and Islam in the West to the roots of current jihadism and the resurgence of ethnocentrism within the subcontinent and beyond.
This book focuses on the way that notions of home and identity have changed for Muslims as a result of international 'war on terror' rhetoric. It uniquely links the post-9/11 stereotyping of Muslims and Islam in the West to the roots of current jihadism and the resurgence of ethnocentrism within the subcontinent and beyond.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137478436
SKU
V9781137478436
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About A. Kanwal
Aroosa Kanwal is Assistant Professor in English Literature at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. She teaches Pakistani literature in English, postcolonial theory and literature, literary theory, modern drama, literary criticism and modern poetry. She received her PhD from Lancaster University, UK. Her current research interests include diasporic writings, politics of representation, and questions of migration, borders, identity and resistance in ... Read more
Reviews for Rethinking Identities in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction: Beyond 9/11
'This book identifies and engages with a topic of prime importance, namely Pakistani Muslims' post-9/11 literary production. Given that Malala Yousafzai was recently co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to great acclaim from the world and mixed feelings from many Pakistanis, few can doubt that there is much at stake in the images produced of Islam by cultural, media, and marketing ... Read more