The Postcolonial Crescent: Islam's Impact on Contemporary Literature by Hawley, John

The Postcolonial Crescent: Islam's Impact on Contemporary Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820437941)

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The Postcolonial Crescent: Islam's Impact on Contemporary Literature by Hawley, John

The Postcolonial Crescent: Islam's Impact on Contemporary Literature

$48.90
The Postcolonial Crescent: Islam's Impact on Contemporary Literature by Hawley, John

The Postcolonial Crescent: Islam's Impact on Contemporary Literature

$48.90
Format: Paperback
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When the Ayatollah Khomeini pronounced the fatwa against the novelist Salman Rushdie in 1989, the world awoke to the question which unifies the fifteen essays in this volume: What is the contentious relationship between the world's fastest growing religion and an increasingly secular literary world? Recognizing the convergence between Islam's religious concerns and the political agenda it shares with many postcolonial emerging nations, noted international scholars address issues of authorization, the role of gender, and the pluralism among Islamic (and non-Arabic) cultures. After providing a historical context for current crises, the essayists discuss the coming cultural enrichment and potential threat.

Author: John Hawley
ISBN-10: 0820437948
ISBN-13: 9780820437941
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 02/01/1998
Pages: 291
Format: Paperback
By John Hawley
By John Hawley
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The Editor: John C. Hawley is Associate Professor of English at Santa Clara University. Former chair of the Modern Language Association's executive committee on religious approaches to literature, he is the editor of five books, including Cross-Addressing: Resistance Literature and Cultural Borders and Historicizing Christian Encounters with the Other. He has written about Driss Chraibi, Nuruddin Farah, and others.

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