Disorientation: Muslim Identity in Contemporary Anglophone Literature

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-27

3. Islam and British Literature

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   Pages 28-56

4. Rethinking Hybridity in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane

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   Pages 57-82

5. Subaltern Desire in Leila Aboulela’s Minaret

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   Pages 83-106

6. Mimicry in Fadia Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove

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   Pages 107-131

7. Transnationalism in Camilla Gibb’s Sweetness in the Belly

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   Pages 132-156

8. Resisting Disorientation

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   Pages 157-182

9. Back Matter

   Pages 183-223

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Focusing on British novels about the Muslim immigrant experience published after 9/11; this book examines the promise as well as the limits of 'British Muslim' identity as a viable form of self-representation, and the challenges - particularly for women - of reconciling non-Western religious identity with the secular policies of Western states.

• British novel
• English literature
• identity
• novel
• British and Irish Literature

“Santesso offers another compelling intervention into the gaps of many studies of contemporary Anglophone literature: their treatment of everyday religious faith and practice, particularly for diasporic Muslim women. … through an examination of narratives of disorientation, Santesso suggests that a more complex and textured portrait emerges of immigrant Muslim women.” (Emily Johansen, Contemporary Women's Writing, Vol. 10 (1), March, 2016)

• University of Georgia, USA

  Esra Mirze Santesso

Esra Mirze Santesso is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Georgia, USA, where she teaches postcolonial literature. She has published a wide range of articles on contemporary British literature, Muslim diasporic identity, and Turkish literature and film, including an interview with Orhan Pamuk.

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