Muslimness in Contemporary Literary Imaginations - Twenty-First Century Muslim Womens Writing in the Diaspora

Focusing on imagination and self-representation as a key sociocultural force, this book examines the diverse ways Muslim writers articulate complex and multifaceted conceptualizations of Muslimness at the critical conjuncture of culture, faith, gender, sexuality and diasporic experience.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Toward a New Mode of Reading Muslim Diaspora Writing: Muslimness and the Homing Desire in Abu-Jaber's Crescent, Shafak's The Saint of Incipient Insanities and Jarrar's A Map of Home
3 Recovering Voices and Creating Muslim Spaces in the Diaspora: Lalami's The Moor's Account and Aboulela's The Kindness of Enemies
4 From Islamic Feminism to Muslim Feminism(s) in Diaspora Space: A Comparative Analysis of Aboulela's Minaret, Janmohamed's Love in a Headscarf, El-Wardany's These Impossible Things and Habib's We Have Always Been Here
5 Conclusion
Index

About the author

Neriman Kuyucu specializes in contemporary Anglophone literature, focusing on works by twenty-first-century postcolonial and diasporic writers. Her research interests are shaped by interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to diaspora and literary studies. She currently teaches humanities and literature courses at Sabanc¿ University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Product details

• Authors: Neriman Kuyucu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032795393
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279539-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Islam, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Islam / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, Religion: general, Colonialism & imperialism, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, HISTORY / Islamic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, RELIGION / Women