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Islam and Postcolonial Discourse

2017-01-27 Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Islam and Postcolonial Discourse by : Esra Mirze Santesso

Download or read book Islam and Postcolonial Discourse written by Esra Mirze Santesso. This book was released on 2017-01-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Largely, though not exclusively, as a legacy of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, Islamic faith has become synonymous in many corners of the media and academia with violence, which many believe to be its primary mode of expression. The absence of a sophisticated recognition of the wide range of Islamic subjectivities within contemporary culture has created a void in which misinterpretations and hostilities thrive. Responding to the growing importance of religion, specifically Islam, as a cultural signifier in the formation of a postcolonial self, this multidisciplinary collection is organized around contested terms such as secularism, Islamopolitics, female identity, and Islamophobia. The overarching goal of the contributors is to facilitate a deeper understanding of the full range of experiences within Islam as well as the figure of the Muslim, thus enabling a new set of questions about religion’s role in shaping postcolonial identity.

Postcolonialism, Feminism and Religious Discourse

2015-12-22 Religion
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Release : 2015-12-22
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Postcolonialism, Feminism and Religious Discourse by : Kwok Pui-Lan

Download or read book Postcolonialism, Feminism and Religious Discourse written by Kwok Pui-Lan. This book was released on 2015-12-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors examine white feminist theology's misappropriations of Native North American women, Chinese footbinding, and veiling by Muslim women, as well as the Jewish emancipation in France, the symbolic dismemberment of black women by rap and sermons, and the potential to rewrite and reclaim canonical stories.

Islamic Postcolonialism

2015-09-18 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2015-09-18
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Book Synopsis Islamic Postcolonialism by : Hasan Majed

Download or read book Islamic Postcolonialism written by Hasan Majed. This book was released on 2015-09-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islamic postcolonialism is a theoretical perspective that combines two components which have up until now existed in a state of tension. As a secular theory, postcolonialism has notably failed to account for Muslim priorities; it has, for instance, had severe problems critiquing the anti-Islam polemics of The Satanic Verses, as is evidenced by Edward Said’s support for Rushdie, in spite of his criticism of the stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims in the West. Islamic postcolonialism applies the anti-colonial resistant methodology of postcolonialism from a Muslim perspective, exploring the continuance of colonial discourse in part of the contemporary western writing about Islam and Muslims. This book explores how Islam is depicted and Muslim identities are constructed in four representative works of contemporary British fiction: Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album (1995), Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (2003), Fadia Faqir’s My Name is Salma (2007), and Leila Aboulela’s Minaret (2005). Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses (1988) is also discussed in terms of its crucial role in fostering what some Muslims might consider polemical and stereotypical positions in writing about Islam.

African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance

2010-09-13 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2010-09-13
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Book Synopsis African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance by : Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah

Download or read book African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance written by Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah. This book was released on 2010-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an engaged analysis of writers such as Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Niyi Osundare, and Tanure Ojaide and of African traditional oral poets like Omoekee Amao Ilorin and Mamman Shata Katsina, Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah develops an African indigenous discourse paradigm for interpreting and understanding literary and cultural materials. Na'Allah argues for the need for cultural diversity in critical theorizing in the twenty-first century. He highlights the critical issues facing scholars and students involved in criticism and translation of marginalized texts. By returning the African knowledge system back to its roots and placing it side by side with Western paradigms, Na'Allah has produced a text that will be required reading for scholars and students of African culture and literature. It is an important contribution to scholarship in the domain of mobility of African oral tradition, and on African literary, cultural and performance discourse.

Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse

2005-08-02 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2005-08-02
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Book Synopsis Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse by : A. Padamsee

Download or read book Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse written by A. Padamsee. This book was released on 2005-08-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study questions current views that Muslims represented a secure point of reference for the British understanding of colonial Indian society. Through revisionary readings of a wide range of texts, it re-examines the basis of the British misperception of Muslim 'conspiracy' during the 'Mutiny'. Arguing that this belief stemmed from conflicts inherent to the secular ideology of the colonial state, it shows how in the ensuing years it produced representations ridden with paradox and requiring a form of descriptive segregation.

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