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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815733703321

Titolo

Postcolonialism and Islam : theory, literature, culture, society and film / / edited by Geoffrey Nash, Kathleen Kerr-Koch and Sarah E. Hackett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-138-37738-4

1-315-88481-X

1-134-64752-2

1-134-64745-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Islamic studies series

Classificazione

REL037000SOC053000

Altri autori (Persone)

HackettSarah E

Kerr-KochKathleen

NashGeoffrey

Disciplina

297.2/7

Soggetti

Postmodernism

Postmodernism - Religious aspects - Islam

Islam and state

Islam and culture

Muslims - Ethnic identity

Islamic renewal

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Keynotes -- part II. Theory -- part III. Literature -- part IV. Culture and society -- part V. Film.

Sommario/riassunto

"With a focus on the areas of theory, literature, culture, society and film, this collection of essays examines, questions and broadens the applicability of Postcolonialism and Islam from a multifaceted and cross-disciplinary perspective. Topics covered include the relationship between Postcolonialism and Orientalism, theoretical perspectives on Postcolonialism and Islam, the position of Islam within postcolonial literature, Muslim identity in British and European contexts, and the role of Islam in colonial and postcolonial cinema in Egypt and India. At a time at which Islam continues to be at the centre of increasingly heated and frenzied political and academic deliberations,



Postcolonialism and Islam offers a framework around which the debate on Muslims in the modern world can be centred. Transgressing geographical, disciplinary and theoretical boundaries, this book is an invaluable resource for students of Islamic Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociolgy and Literature"--